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Squint/Strabismus - Causes, Types & Treatments For Children & Adults In India

Squint or Strabismus is where the eyes are not aligned in same direction. Check symptoms, causes & types of Strabismus. Visit Dr. Agarwals Eye Hospital for Squint treatment<br>

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Squint/Strabismus - Causes, Types & Treatments For Children & Adults In India

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  1. Squint -Dr. Agarwal’s Eye Hospital

  2. What is Squint? • Squint, also known as strabismus, is a disorder in which both eyes do not gaze in the same direction. • As a result, if one of your eyes is fixed on the road ahead, the other will turn inwards, outwards, upwards, or downwards. • The turning of the eye may be continuous or intermittent. The majority of squints are observed in young children, around one in every twenty. • Squint surgery is the result for dealing with squint.

  3. Symptoms of Squint • The main sign of a squint is an eye that is not straight. • When this misalignment is large and obvious, your brain makes practically no efforts to straighten the eye and it does not cause too many symptoms. • When the misalignment is less or if it is not constant, headaches and eyestrain are experienced. • There may also be fatigue when reading, jittery or unstable vision and an inability to read comfortably. • Sometimes, your child may squint one eye when out in bright sunlight or tilt his head to use both his eyes together. • It can also lead to loss of vision in the misaligned eye, a condition called as amblyopia.

  4. Squint Treatment • Amblyopia or lazy eye needs to be treated first. This is done by patching the good eye so that the weaker eye gets trained to work harder. • If the crossed eyes do not get corrected, eye muscle surgery is indicated. Different muscles of the eye are made stronger or weaker. • Adults with a mild squint that is not constant may benefit from eye exercises and glasses. If you have a severe grade of squint, you would require surgery.

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