Strabismus

Question 1

Misaligned eyes

Answer 1

Strabismus

Question 2

Types of Strabismus

Answer 2

Esotropia
Exotropia
Hypertropia
Hypotropia

Question 3

It can affect one eye only or shift between the eyes

Answer 3

Strabismus

Question 4

The eyes turn inward, crossed-eyed

Answer 4

Esotropia

Question 5

The eyes turns outward, wall-eyed

Answer 5

Exotropia

Question 6

One eye can be higher than the other, higher eye

Answer 6

Hypertropia

Question 7

One eye can be lower than the other, lower eye

Answer 7

Hypotropia

Question 8

Do not have a well-understood cause

Usually begins in infancy or childhood

Need glasses for farsightedness

Seems to develop because the eye muscles are uncoordinated and do not move the eyes together

Acquired strabismus can occasionally occur because of a problem in the brain, an injury to the eye socket, or thyroid eye disease.

Answer 8

Strabismus

Question 8

Children

May hold their heads to one side if they can use their eyes together in that position.

May close or cover one eye when it deviates, especially at first.

Answer 8

Strabismus

Question 8

Adult

Have more symptoms

Double vision

May lose depth perception

Answer 8

Strabismus

Question 9

Can occasionally occur because of a problem in the brain, an injury to the eye socket, or thyroid eye disease

Answer 9

Acquired Strabismus

Question 9

Alternatives to surgery: Strabismus

Answer 9

Prisms and Botox injections