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Squint

Squint (Photo from Wellcome Trust)

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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hi, im 22 years old, when i was younger i had a turn in my right eye and i had to wear glasses. by the time i was 8 the turn corrected its self so i stopped wearing the glasses. a year ago i went to the optiticans because i noticed my eye sight was getting bad once again and they gave me some glasses for readin and atchin tv. i dont have a problem when watchin tv or reading, i cant see things far away.. the last 6 months my eye has started to turn in like when i was younger, is there a reason why and do u think my gp could dp anything to help me??

hi there how much is coct you to correct squint or operation
thanks

I have a mild intermittent exo in my left eye and am considering surgery at 22. First surgery. Any advice greatly appreciated.

how old do you have to be to get a lazy eye fixed?

i have a lazy eye and every1 calls me 4 it. what can i do to help myself?

i'm 20 and for the last 3 or so years my eyes seem to have gradually got more squint. my left eye used to be the worse but now its hard to tell. i have no confidence anymore because of it, i try not too look at people too long when i'm speaking to them and constantly paranoid when some1s taking my picture incase they notice. i'm trying to find the guts to tell my doctor to see if there's help. i'm living in hope that it can be fixed. i'm really desperate. i hate it so much i don't want to be here if it can't be fixed. but the thing is, is that they aren't permenantly like that but i can't look at anything for more than a couple of seconds then i feel like its noticable and i'm constantly trying to keep them moving so nobody notices but i just can't keep it up anymore. i cry alot because of it and its on my my mind literally every minute of every day. i don't want to look like this. it makes you look like a different person when your eyes aren't straight. i just want them to go back to normal and i don't understand how this happened to me. i had been wearing glasses for the last few years and have recently switched to contacts. i've even thought about getting colour contacts to see if it would hide it which i doubt and it would b too expensive in the long run anyway. i won't tell anyone because its too embarrassing. please can anyone help me.

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.




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