Squint Services

Strabismus, commonly called squint, is a condition in which the eyes are not looking in the same direction.It is the misalignment of the two eyes so that both the eyes are not looking in the same direction. This misalignment may be constant, being present throughout the day (constant squint), or it may appear sometimes and the rest of the time the eyes may be straight (intermittent squint).

It is a common condition among children. It may also occur in adults.

WHAT CAUSES SQUINT ?

1. Paralysis of one or more muscles responsible for eye movement (paralytic squint).

2.Sometimes a refractive error hypermetropia (long sightedness) not corrected by appropriate spectacle or non usage of spectacle may lead to inward deviation( convergent squint) of the eye (accommodative squint).

3. Poor vision in an eye because of some other eye disease like cataract, uncorrected refractive error, corneal opacities, vitreous opacities, macular diseases, optic nerve disorders etc. may also cause the eye to deviate outwards (divergent squint). On one eye can be squinting (Unilateral squint) or both eyes can deviate alternately ( Alternate squint)

Therefore it is important in all the cases of squint, especially in children, to have a thorough eye checkup to rule out any other cause of loss of vision.