How to correct strabismus in adults

Don’t think that only children will have strabismus. In fact, many adults will also be troubled by strabismus. Most of them use computers or mobile phones for a long time and do not pay attention to eye care, which will lead to this eye problem. According to the usual guiding principles, strabismus should be corrected as much as possible. Surgery can be performed when necessary, because the recovery time of surgery will be slower and the damage to the eyes will be greater.

How to treat

1. Eye examination and glasses fitting: Use 1% atropine eye drops or eye ointment to dilate the pupils, first check whether there are any lesions in the fundus, and then do a detailed eye examination to determine the degree of refractive error. Those with hyperopia or hyperopic astigmatism should be given glasses for correction. Many people with strabismus find that their eyes are no longer strabismic, or the degree of strabismus is significantly reduced, after wearing glasses for a period of time. For such children, we should encourage them to wear glasses regularly, both for seeing far and near, without interruption. Generally, the effect can be seen after wearing them for about half a year. After wearing glasses, you should have your eyes tested once a year so that the prescription can be adjusted as you age.

2. Cover the healthy eye: For those with too large a difference in refractive power between the two eyes or with one eye being farsighted and having poor vision, the healthy eye can be covered. The purpose is to allow the person to see things with squinting eyes after wearing the glasses, so as to receive more light stimulation and promote the development of the retina. If the vision of the strabismus improves after patching the healthy eye, you need to wear glasses to check the degree of strabismus. If the degree of strabismus is significantly reduced, you need to continue patching and check the vision and strabismus once a month.

3. Synoptophore training: For children with strabismus, if conditions permit, it is best to go to Hefei Pure Eye Hospital for stereoscope or synoptophore training. Children with strabismus have their vision corrected after wearing glasses, but their binocular vision function is often still impaired. These trainings are not only very helpful in correcting the position of strabismus, but also play a good role in restoring binocular single vision function and establishing stereoscopic perception.

4. Surgical treatment: Children who have not been treated with the above methods for 1 to 2 years or who still have strabismus, or whose strabismus is treated too late, need to undergo surgical correction on the basis of wearing glasses.

Prevention methods

①Toys can be hung at multiple angles

Colorful toys hung on the baby's crib should not be hung too close, but should be more than 40 cm, and should be hung in multiple directions to prevent the child from focusing on one point for a long time and developing strabismus.

②Change your baby’s sleeping position frequently

Changing the baby's sleeping position frequently, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, can change the direction of light projection frequently, so that the baby's eyes no longer often turn to one side, thus avoiding strabismus.

③Increase the frequency of baby's eye movement

The baby should not be placed in the cradle for too long. Parents should pick up the baby from time to time and walk around to make the baby curious about the things around him/her, thereby increasing the movement of the eyeballs, enhancing the coordination of the eye muscles and nerves, and avoiding strabismus.