¿Cómo enfrentarse al estrabismo?

The doctor. Chipont is a specialist in Ophthalmology of Alicante with special dedication to the treatment of children's eye pathologies. This article explains how strabismus can be detected in children, a common disease that is important to detect in time.

Strabismus occurs when one of the eyes is deflected inward or outward, a loss of parallelism of the eyes. As a result, everyone looks in a different direction. This ocular defect is a serious problem for the visual system and should be evaluated immediately by a specialist in pediatric ophthalmology.

The mechanism of muscular coordination also allows the eyes to remain fixed on an immobile object, follow it when it moves and maintain the fixation on the object when the observer moves. When a failure of any of these circuits and connections occurs, strabismus occurs, giving rise to sensory and motor alteration with a greater impact in the stage of visual maturation.

The sensory alteration is that the brain cancels the vision of the deviated eye to avoid seeing double. If this circumstance persists over time it leads to loss of vision of the deviated eye, causing amblyopia or lazy eye.

Botulinum toxin to cure strabismus

Botulinum toxin can become an alternative to surgery in certain clinical cases and orthoptic binocular vision stimulation exercises can be useful as a complement to surgery in certain cases.

The pediatrician is responsible for diagnosing the newborn and its immediate evolution. Educators and educators can be very helpful in detecting problems at these early ages. The pediatric ophthalmologist must perform a revision after three years, although there is no symptom, and another from five, before the visual system matures.

Strabismus is one of the most frequent reasons for ophthalmological consultation in children, along with the usual headaches, redness of the eyes or the usual environment of the eyes