Conditions
Squint
Question: What do Barbara Streisand and Abraham Lincoln have in common? Answer: They both started out life with a pronounced squint (technically know as a ‘strabismus’). A squint is when the eyes are misaligned and do not look in the same direction, causing one eye to turn inwards, outwards or sometimes upwards, while the other eye looks forward. The condition affects 5-8% of children (1-2 in every 30) and around four in every 100 adults. Treatment for a squint is most effective in very young children, as the condition will not naturally disappear as the child gets older (in fact, the sight in the affected eye will gradually get worse). Treatment for adults can come in the form of Botulinum Toxin (Botox) injections, administered into the target eye muscle with a very fine needle. (The eye-patch you were offered as a child never sounded so appealing!)
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how old do you have to be to get a lazy eye fixed?
hi i wonder if you could help i have used the same eye make up for years and have had no problem but in the last six month i have noticied my eye lashes are fallin out and leavin big gaps their is no sorness or redness have youo any ideas on what i can do thankyou
I had my squint corrected 2 years ago at the age of 21 – best thing I ever did. I was very self concious of it before and hated having my photo taken, it can be done as a day case and really is worth it!
Hello all,
My mum noticed when I was very young that my ledt eye came in slightly. I went to the orthoptst and wore a patch for quite a long time. I was lucky to have such a good group of people that were so supportive that I wanted to wear it lol!!
I had 2 operations to improve it but it has never.
I have worn glasses since i was 4 years old and contact lenses since I was 14. This has dramatically improved my squint to make it unnoticeable when I wear them.
It is only visible when I take out my lenses or am extremely tired. Other than that no one else can tell. My advice would be go to an optician and get your eyes checked regularly.
i have cross eyes. I hate it everyone calls me crossed eyed alison at school. I am 14 and ever since i was 2 ive had it. It gets very bad when im concentrating or tired. I was ofered a operation on my eye when i was little but my mum refused as i was too young. I was happy when my mum said i could have it done at my age now but unforchantly as im diabetic i carnt have it done :( looks like i will have to live with it now.
I have a lazy eye like my dad but i havn't asked a doctor about it or anything i thought it was normal to squint when you read… :(
I have a lazy eye.
ive had it all my life, but it lowers my confidence.
i want to get surgery, but dont what age it is legal, im 13.
im not sure if its 16 or 18, although the sooner the better.
i have a slightly weaker eye than the other which tends to go off in any direction it feels like when im concentrating which can look quite funny i guess. the same eye that does this also has a brown section in it when overall my eyes are blue. Just wondering if its normal ?
i was born cross eyed and had an operation when i was 9 months old to correct this but because of the operation my eye balls now shake which means i cant focus so i have quite bad eye sight. i was wondering if i would be able to have laser eye surgery or another operation to correct my eye sight.
ive had two ops when i was little to get rid of my squint, and so i wore the patch and glasses. then i just wore glasses intil high school where the kids would say things bwt them so i stopped wearing them, now my squint is getting worse and worse and there is a nickname going round about me and i feel as if there is nothing i can do. it really upsets me and i just feel sad. what can i do to improve my squint?
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