Squint – Symptoms, Causes, And Treatments - Arohi Eye Hospital

1. Squint is one of the most common eye disorders seen in children, since they are born. It is a condition where one of the two eyes is misplaced so that it does not work in alignment with the other eye. As a result, the eye may turn inwards, outwards, upwards, or downwards. One an average, 5-8% of children are affected by squint. How to identify squint? – The symptoms One of the most common symptoms of squint, as mentioned above, is the different directions of the eyes. This is one of the basic ways to identify a squint. However, it isn’t always necessary that a child suffering from squint has a deviated eye. So, you need to be on the lookout for other squint symptoms too. If your child is complaining about sight difficulties like double vision, defective vision, or eyes being sensitive to bright sunlight, you must immediately get your child’s eyes checked by a professional for squint. Also, if you see your child turning or tilting their head to use their eyes together, it may be squint. Get immediate consultation in any of these conditions, and have a treatment at the earliest, because any delay may lead to permanent visual defect in the squinting eye! What causes squint? If your family has a history of squint or other eye disorders, it is likely that your child may develop squint. If your child has a long sight, and over focuses his eyes in an attempt to see clearly, this over focusing can cause double vision, leading to squint.

2. If any of the eye nerves of your child has been damaged during delivery, or due to an illness, it can lead to squint. How to treat squint? There is nothing that you can do about squint. You will always need professional assistance. So, get in touch with a doctor and identify the best kind of treatment you can get for your child’s particular condition of squint. Some of the most common squint treatments include – Spectacles – Your child may need the right spectacles to correct his vision problems, particularly long sight. Eye drops – The doctor may prescribe special eye drops for treating selective conditions of squint. Occlusion – One of the rarer, but possible treatments of squint is patching the good eye, so as to encourage the weaker eye to be used often, so that it can be strengthened. Surgery – When nothing else works, a squint surgery is what seems to be the best. The surgery involves straightening the eye sufficiently for sight to be retained in the squinting eye. To make this possible, the muscles are detached from their original insertion and shifted to a different spot. The amount of shift depends on the measurement done with special prisms. Arohi Eye Hospital offers the most advanced squint surgery in Andheri West through the latest technology lasers, which help in hassle-free, convenient procedures that bring successful outcomes. So, get in touch immediately to have your child’s squint treated early, fast, and best! For more information, visit: http://www.arohieye.in/