Patient's question:
My child is almost seven years old. Last autumn, he suddenly told me that he was seeing double. We went to a professional ophthalmology hospital for a thorough examination, but there were no problems found. The doctor recommended we see a neurologist. The internist advised us to have a brain MRI, which we did, but there were no issues. Later, the doctor prescribed four boxes of cyanocobalamin tablets. We're still not sure what's wrong with our child. The doctor said even if he explained it to us, we wouldn't understand. However, the problem sometimes reoccurs. I hope you can help me figure this out. I'm very worried.Doctor's answer:
If there are no issues with a general eye exam, it's important to consider neurological problems.Medical advice: Seeing double images is medically known as diplopia. If any of the six muscles that control rapid eye movement become inflamed, injured, or impaired, the coordination of the eye muscles will be disrupted. For example, if the right lateral rectus muscle contracts while the left medial rectus muscle contracts slightly slower or lacks sufficient strength, rapid eye movement will be restricted, or the eye may deviate to one side, causing strabismus. In such cases, seeing things becomes particularly difficult; alternatively, an object may appear as two, leading to double vision (diplopia).
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