children s health issues
Strabismus
Treatment of Strabismus
Treatment of amblyopia if present Eyeglasses or contact lenses Eye exercises Surgery to align the eyes If the defect is minor or intermittent, treatment may not be needed. However, if strabismus is severe or is progressing, treatment is required. Treatment of strabismus depends on the characteristics and cause of the strabismus. Treatment is first aimed at equalizing vision (that is, Treatment ). Then, when vision is corrected as well as possible, doctors may do surgery to align the eyes. Doctors equalize vision by forcing the child to use the weaker eye by putting a patch over the better eye (patching) or using eye drops to blur the vision in the better eye. Patching or using eye drops in the better eye allows the weaker eye to get stronger. Patching is not, however, a treatment for strabismus. For children with significant Refractive Disorders in Children , doctors usually prescribe Sometimes eye exercises can help correct intermittent exotropia. If these nonsurgical methods are unsuccessful in aligning the eyes satisfactorily, the eyes are aligned surgically. Surgical repair consists of loosening (recession) and tightening (resection) of the eye muscles. Children usually are not hospitalized for this surgical procedure. The procedure can cause complications, the most common of which are correction beyond what is needed (overcorrection) or correction below what is needed (undercorrection) and strabismus that returns later in life. Rarely, children may develop an infection, excessive bleeding, or vision loss. 