01. What is strabismus?
strabismus refers to the view axis of both eyes that cannot be fixed on the same target at the same time. When one eye is focused on the target, the other eye is deflected. Sometimes parents find that the child is staring at the object at the same time (looking obliquely), which is not strabismus, which is generally called side view, which is mostly caused by bad habits or refractive errors.
According to the direction of the eye position, strabismus is divided into 4 categories
02. What are the harms of strabismus?
1. It affects the beauty, which is the most intuitive understanding of strabismus by patients and their parents.
2. Strab vision will lead to the loss of stereoscopic function. People with incomplete stereoscopic functions cannot engage in fine-tuned operations such as aerospace, aviation, driving, and medical care, which seriously affects future employment and career choice. Some strabismus cannot not only engage in fine-tuned work, but may even seriously affect daily life. . Therefore, it is emphasized that strabismus should be treated early and some stereoscopic functions should be restored as much as possible.
3. Some types of strabismus will affect vision and lead to amblyopia.
03. How to treat strabismus?
Most strabismus requires surgical treatment . There is a kind of strabismus that disappears after wearing glasses. There is no need for surgery. Wearing glasses is the best treatment. Some strabismus requires both glasses and surgical treatment.
The inner distance of the eyes is too wide and mistakenly considered to be cross-eye (internal oblique)
blindly believes that strabismus can disappear with age is wrong. strabismus generally cannot heal itself. Once discovered, seek medical treatment as soon as possible to avoid delaying the best treatment opportunity. Through positive and good treatment, most patients can obtain a good prognosis.
Can wearing glasses treat strabismus well?
only one type is called complete refractive regulation Inner strabismus Can wearing glasses correct strabismus well. This kind of strabismus is caused by hyperopia. Wearing appropriate glasses can correct the strabismus.
internal oblique needs to be distinguished in specific situations, determine whether to perform surgery
complete refractive regulation internal strabismus emphasizes the use of slow pupil dilation medicine atropine eye liquid or eye ointment fully dilates myocardial degree. hyperopia degree must be checked accurately, and the glasses must be sufficiently matched with .
Therefore, when you first visit to the doctor, you must use slow mydriatic atropine to fully dilate your myds. If strabismus disappears after wearing glasses, no surgery is needed. As age increases, the hyperopia degree gradually decreases, and when it reaches a certain level. When you don’t have squint after removing the mirror, you can completely take off your glasses. Moreover, this type of strabismus must not be performed. If the surgery is performed, it will become outwardly oblique over time.
04. Is strabismus surgery safe?
Strepy surgery has a history of 150 years.
Strepy correction surgery A mature and relatively safe surgery. The doctor cuts and reconnects the patient's extraocular muscles according to the patient's strabismus, and changes the pulling state of the eyeballs by the extraocular muscles, thereby achieving the purpose of correcting strabismus. The surgery is performed on the conjunctiva without leaving scars on the eyelids that affect the appearance.
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However, the human eye is really an overly precise organ, and it is possible that one operation is not adjusted properly. Some patients still have strabismus after the operation, and then they need a second operation to adjust the pulling state of the external muscles to the eyeball again. Therefore, when treating strabismus, you must go to a regular hospital and consult an experienced doctor.
05. Hidden risks of strabismus surgery
The purpose of surgery is to adjust the eye position. The most worrying thing is overcorrection or undercorrection, and the ideal position cannot be achieved. Secondly, other muscles or optic nerves may be damaged during surgery, which are the most common complications in surgery.
After strabismus surgery, it is possible that the strength of other muscles cannot be achieved or the nerves are damaged and the eyelids cannot be lifted, which may occur.There is also the problem of bleeding during surgery, which will then form a hematoma. This is a common complication that can occur in all surgeries. As long as it is external eye surgery, these problems will occur.
So it is also recommended that children wait until the winter and summer vacation before undergoing surgery
06. What should I do if strabismus and amblyopia are combined?
Generally speaking, strabismus and amblyopia exist at the same time. In principle, first considers the treatment of amblyopia, and then consider surgical correction of strabismus when the vision improves to a certain extent. If there is no amblyopia, strabismus should be corrected surgically as soon as possible to facilitate the development of binocular visual function.
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