1. What is strabismus and does my child have strabismus?
When one eye fixes on a target, the other eye looks in a different direction. The common ones are inopposition, which is commonly known as "opposite eye", and exotropy, commonly known as "floating eye". Some children do not have obvious eye deviation, but have a tilted head, which may also be strabismus;And some children only have a side head when watching TV, which is mostly "terminal side vision syndrome", not strabismus. If you can't tell the difference, it's best to check it out.
2. Why do you have strabismus?
Strabismus is mostly congenital developmental abnormalities, and the specific mechanism is not clear. There is a genetic predisposition to strabismus, but the probability is low.
3. What should I do if I have strabismus?
The first thing you need to do is check to determine what kind of strabismus you belong to. In general, all other types of strabismus require surgery**, except for accommodative esotropia, which can be corrected with glasses, and intermittent exotropia can be conservative in the early stages**.
4. Is the surgery risky?
Strabismus surgery is a low-risk eye surgery in which the muscles attached to the outer wall of the eye are moved to adjust the direction of the eyeball's line of sight, which has little or no effect on the internal structure of the eye and almost no impact on vision.
Tips: For children in the critical period of growth and development, strabismus not only affects the appearance, but more importantly, it will affect the development of binocular vision function, and even lead to severe amblyopia. Therefore, once strabismus is diagnosed, it should be actively operated on as soon as possible**, if it is delayed until an older age, the development of visual function is basically fixed, even if the appearance is corrected by surgery, it is difficult to reconstruct visual function.