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| Strabismus (Crossed or Turned Eye) | Strabismus is an inability of eyes to look at the same object in the same direction. The work of one eye is normal, the other eye can look in (esotropia or "crossed eyes"), out (exotropia), up (hypertropia) or down (hypotropia). One or both of the eyes may turn in, out, up or down. An eye turn is either constant (when the eye turns always) or intermittent (when it turns temporally because of stress or illness). Strabismus can cause to amblyopia.
Babies often have crossed eyes because a lack of developed vision. As soon as they grow, such vision problem disappears. Strabismus is the best to be detected in childhood. If a child sees double, his or her brain rapidly suppresses or blocks out one of the images to have single vision. The vision is suppressed from the turned eye, leading to a weak or amblyopic eye.
True strabismus remains, that’s why you should apply to a doctor who will say if it is false or true. Successful treatment depends on diagnosis and treatment. Double vision is an usual symptom of strabismus. Untreated desease can lead to blurry or double vision.
Double vision and blurred vision are both symptoms of strabismus. Thera are such other signs and symptoms as turned or crossed eye, head tilt or turn, squinting, sometimes double vision. This eye problem can be detected with a comprehensive eye exam and the Krimsky test and prism testing. The earlier it can be detected, the more chances a child will have normal vision and the treatment will be successful. Its cause is unequal pulling of muscles on one side of the eye or a paralysis of the ocular muscles.
Strabismus appears when one or more eye muscles do not function well, leading to improper work of the eyes. When eye muscles work properly, eyes focus on the same spot, although in the brain a slightly various image appears caused by the two images caused by two eyes. To understand this principle better, you should locate your finger before your eyes at arm's length. Look at the finger, close at first one eye and then another one. Pay attention to the change of the finger’s position. The images of the finger vary a little bit, but they will be interpreted by the mind as a single one. The farsightedness of children can also lead to accommodative strabismus. Trauma, some illnesses and in some cases eye surgery lead to strabismus too.
Strabismus may be a born illness, it may appear because of illness or accident. Two percent of the children suffer from strabismus. Children who suffer from strabismus can suffer from double vision, because of the misalignment of the two eyes in each one’s direction. It can disappear at 2, the latest at 6. It should be diagnosed and corrected in childhood, because uncorrected strabismus can lead to amblyopia. There are some cases of pseudo-strabismus when the distance between skin near the inner eye and a broad, flat nose or eyes is close. As soon as the child's face grows, this problem disappears.
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