strabismus

Eyes point differently

Strabismus is the medical term for misaligned eyes—a condition where the eyes don't point in the same direction.

One eye may turn inward, outward, upward, or downward while the other looks straight ahead.

The everyday term is crossed eyes or squint.

The child was fitted with corrective lenses to treat her strabismus.

conditions

amblyopia

Reduced vision, one eye

diplopiaSeeing duplicated images
nystagmusUncontrolled repetitive eye movement
ptosisAbnormal lid drooping

lazy eye · double vision · suppression · contracture

treatment

surgery

Invasive medical procedure

recessionProlonged economic decline
resectionSurgical tissue removal
patchingRepairing by covering

occlusion · vision therapy · botulinum · glasses · penalization · atropine · exercises

anatomy

extraocular

Outside the eyeball

oculomotorEye movement nerve
orbitCurved celestial path
cranial nerveNerve originating in brainstem

tendon · fovea · macula

diagnosis

cover test

Strabismus screening method

prismLight-splitting optical element
diopterUnit of focal power
deviationDeparture from expected path

angle · measurement · fusion

neuro

Möbius

Twisted loop topology

types

infantile

Characteristic of infants

intermittentOccurring at irregular intervals
constantFixed, unvarying quantity
alternatingOccurring in turns

accommodative · paralytic · concomitant · manifest · latent

Categories

visionsharp, eye, visual perception, sight, eyes
eye careeye doctor, optometrist, ophthalmologist, eye exam, glasses
eye problemsblindness, cataracts, glaucoma, blurred vision, eye irritation
vision problemsblindness, blurry vision, visual impairment, vision loss, sight loss
ophthalmologyeye diseases, eye surgery, cornea, retina, iris
eye conditionsconjunctivitis, amblyopia, macular degeneration, myopia, pink eye

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