Strabismus: Upward Misalignment
Strabismus is a vision defect that occurs when an individual cannot align his two eyes at the same time. Strabismus can stop or start at irregular intervals. Each of the eyes look at different directions while trying to look at a particular object. So the next time you see a child with this eye defect, have it at the back of your heart that this defect can be treated. This is one of the most popular eye defect in children. Strabismus is otherwise known as crossed eyes.
When strabismus is a case of inward misalignment, it is called esotropia or crossed eyes. When its a case of outward misalignment, the case is called exotropia or wall-eyed. Upward misalignment is another case, called hypertropia. Downward misalignment is known as hypotropia. …show more content…
This therapy works hand in hand with the patients brain. In this therapeutic approach, the brain is trained for proper alignment and focus of the patients eyes for proper visualization of images. The optometrist often arranges certain activities/exercises to strengthen the patients eye focusing strength, so as to make the eyes and brain work in sync.
Surgical procedure for treatment of Strabismus
The first step involves weakening or strengthening the muscle of the eyeball. To do this, the surgeon first creates a shallow opening directly into the eyeball's outer layer.
To strengthen the patients eyeball muscles, the surgeon removes a little section from one end of the eye's muscle, so as to shorten the eye muscle and realign the stitched eyes to the direction of that muscles. He then stitches it back together after the surgery.
Weakening a patients muscle, is quite different from strengthening them. This case also involves making a slit across a particular end of the eyes muscle, but this time, no section of the eye muscle is removed. Instead, a space is left at the part where the muscle was slit. After that, the muscle ends are stitched together, using a thread. The patients in most cases, experiences double vision for quite a few weeks after this surgery. Within this period of time, the brain has no choice but to adjust to the new pattern of
When strabismus is a case of inward misalignment, it is called esotropia or crossed eyes. When its a case of outward misalignment, the case is called exotropia or wall-eyed. Upward misalignment is another case, called hypertropia. Downward misalignment is known as hypotropia. …show more content…
This therapy works hand in hand with the patients brain. In this therapeutic approach, the brain is trained for proper alignment and focus of the patients eyes for proper visualization of images. The optometrist often arranges certain activities/exercises to strengthen the patients eye focusing strength, so as to make the eyes and brain work in sync.
Surgical procedure for treatment of Strabismus
The first step involves weakening or strengthening the muscle of the eyeball. To do this, the surgeon first creates a shallow opening directly into the eyeball's outer layer.
To strengthen the patients eyeball muscles, the surgeon removes a little section from one end of the eye's muscle, so as to shorten the eye muscle and realign the stitched eyes to the direction of that muscles. He then stitches it back together after the surgery.
Weakening a patients muscle, is quite different from strengthening them. This case also involves making a slit across a particular end of the eyes muscle, but this time, no section of the eye muscle is removed. Instead, a space is left at the part where the muscle was slit. After that, the muscle ends are stitched together, using a thread. The patients in most cases, experiences double vision for quite a few weeks after this surgery. Within this period of time, the brain has no choice but to adjust to the new pattern of