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What is Strabismus?

What is Strabismus?

What is Strabismus?

  Strabismus is the condition in which the eyes look in different directions as a result of the deterioration of the parallelism of the eyes with each other. When one eye is looking straight and the other eye is looking in a different direction, it is strabismus. Strabismus may occur intermittently during the day or may appear continuously. The incidence of strabismus in the community is 5% in children and 1% in adults. Strabismus can be seen in childhood as well as in adulthood. The most important symptom of strabismus is that the eyes do not look at the same point, but look in different directions. Other symptoms of strabismus are blurred vision, double vision, watery eyes, distortion of the three-dimensional image, turning the head to one side, and headache. Strabismus is now successfully treated in both children and adults.

How Does Strabismus Occur? What are the types?

  Eye movements occur under the control of eye muscles in line with the stimulus from the brain. As a result of an increase or decrease in the strength of one or more of the six muscle groups that provide the movement of the eye, incompatibility may occur in the control of eye movements. When there is any problem in the control of eye movements, one eye may look forward while the other eye may shift up, down, inward or outward. There are several different types of strabismus. The most common of these is strabismus, which occurs in childhood. Subsequent strabismus usually occurs when the eye slides inward, and this is called esotropia. The outward deviation of the eyes is called exotropia. Shifts in the form of exotropia are more common in adults.

  • Strabismus in Children: Strabismus seen in childhood may be congenital or may occur in later ages due to visual disorders. Strabismus in children may show signs of closing one eye in the sun, or tilting the head forward so that both eyes can be used. If strabismus in children is not treated, it can cause lazy eye and permanent low vision in one eye.
  • Strabismus in Adults: Strabismus in adults occurs due to various reasons and causes problems such as vision shift and double vision. Later strabismus seen in adults may occur due to genetic predisposition, cerebral palsy, hereditary chromosomal disorder, trauma and febrile diseases, brain tumor, hypertension and diabetes.

How Does Strabismus Affect Life?

  Strabismus is a disease that can negatively affect social life. If strabismus is not treated, it affects the vision and quality of life of patients. In addition, strabismus also disturbs patients aesthetically and psychologically.

How Is Strabismus Treated?

  Patients diagnosed with strabismus should first undergo a detailed examination. With this examination, the cause of the strabismus, its type, the degree of strabismus and whether there is any other discomfort in the eye are evaluated. It is possible to treat strabismus with surgical operation in suitable patients. If strabismus occurs in infancy, especially in the first six months, it is usually treated surgically as a result of physician evaluation. Strabismus, which occurs in children between the ages of 2-3, is usually treated using glasses. In cases where strabismus and lazy eye are seen, eye closure treatment should be applied together with glasses. Strabismus treatment can be treated more successfully in childhood.    Therefore, it is important to diagnose strabismus early and start treatment early. Botulinum toxin injection or prismatic glasses can be used for strabismus in adulthood.

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