Patient's question:
My daughter often likes to watch TV while sleeping. Now her left eye is a bit cross-eyed. How can the treatment be done to recover?Doctor's answer:
For the treatment of strabismus, the first step is to address amblyopia to promote the proper development of vision in both eyes, followed by correcting the misaligned eye position. The methods for treating strabismus include: wearing glasses, patching with an eye shield, eye axis correction training, eye muscle surgery, or a combination of these methods. Patching is used to treat amblyopia caused by strabismus. Eye axis correction utilizes instruments to enhance eye movement. Eye muscle surgery involves relaxing or shortening one or more eye muscles of the extrinsic eye muscles in one or both eyes. Mild strabismus can be corrected with "prism glasses."