Before my brother's second son turned two, he and his wife were told by a doctor that their boy suffers from one type of strabismus. Upon the recommendation of an ophthalmologist, they agreed to have their baby boy undergo surgery to have the condition corrected. The surgery was performed within a year from the time the condition was discovered, and the result was a complete success. That baby boy (my nephew) recently turned 20.
For those who do not know what strabismus is, it is actually the technical term for squint, a condition that is considered one of the most common problems affecting children's eyes. In seeing correctly, the two eyes must be properly aligned and should always be directed to the same object. This, however, isn't the case when a child has strabismus; one of his eyes may look at one thing while his other eye focuses on another object. Consequently, the eyes transmit indistinct messages that confuse the brain. The brain then has to make a choice as to what was really seen, eventually disregarding anything or everything that one of the eyes sees while picking up the object that the other eye is focused on.
Cross-eye, or inward squint (technical term: esotropia), is the most common type of strabismus. In this condition, one of the eyes looks forward while the other eye turns inward toward the nose. Another type of strabismus is called walleye, or divergent squint (technical term: exotropia). Unlike in cross-eye, the deviating eye in walleye turns outward away from the nose.
For those who do not know what strabismus is, it is actually the technical term for squint, a condition that is considered one of the most common problems affecting children's eyes. In seeing correctly, the two eyes must be properly aligned and should always be directed to the same object. This, however, isn't the case when a child has strabismus; one of his eyes may look at one thing while his other eye focuses on another object. Consequently, the eyes transmit indistinct messages that confuse the brain. The brain then has to make a choice as to what was really seen, eventually disregarding anything or everything that one of the eyes sees while picking up the object that the other eye is focused on.
Cross-eye, or inward squint (technical term: esotropia), is the most common type of strabismus. In this condition, one of the eyes looks forward while the other eye turns inward toward the nose. Another type of strabismus is called walleye, or divergent squint (technical term: exotropia). Unlike in cross-eye, the deviating eye in walleye turns outward away from the nose.
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