Strabismus: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment | Goyal Eye

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Understanding Strabismus Or Squint
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Strabismus, also known as squint eye, is an eye
disorder in which both eyes dont line up in the
same direction. One eye gazes straight ahead,
while the other may turn inward ( esotropia),
outward (exotropia), upward, or downward. Hence,
a person with this condition cant look at the
same object simultaneously. Possibilities are
also there for a person to face different
problems in calculating the estimated distance
between objects. Some other issues are also
related to the impacted eye, which can affect any
person, irrespective of age or gender.
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• Strabismus Symptoms
• Various symptoms can characterize strabismus,
  including
• If both eyes dont look in the same direction.
• If both the eyeballs dont move together.
• Closing one eye in bright sunlight.
• If you must tilt or turn your head to look at a
  peripheral object.
• If you wont be able to judge the depth.
• Problems like headaches and eyestrain might occur
  during minor misalignment.

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How does strabismus affect you? Your eyes mainly
comprise six muscles that work in tandem for a
coordinated movement of the eyes. These
extraocular muscles make both eyes look straight
and focus on a single object. Both eyes of a
person with normal vision merge the two pictures
into a single 3D image. This 3D picture helps us
to measure the depth of field. When one
misaligned eye and a properly functioning eye
send two different pictures to the brain, the
mind prefers ignoring the image from the
non-aligned eye. Because of this malfunctioning,
understanding depth becomes complicated,
especially in kids. However, this situation
differs among adults as their brains have already
learned to receive two pictures. Studies have
confirmed that malfunctioning of extraocular
muscles becomes the root cause of /Strabismus.
This malfunction usually occurs due to muscles
themselves, associated nerves, or the area in the
brain that controls extraocular muscles. Retina
damage in premature babies or Hemangioma
(abnormal growth of blood vessels) near the eye
among infants may also be possible causes. A
child also causes Accommodative Esotropia (a
condition of excessive focusing that a child with
uncorrected farsightedness experiences).
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How is eye muscle surgery for Strabismus
performed? Eye muscle surgery is a frequently
used and safe squint eye treatment. During the
procedure, the surgeon will make an incision in
the conjunctiva, the membrane covering the white
part of the eye. The surgeon will then access the
eye muscle and either expand or reduce it as
needed to achieve optimal alignment.