What should be done about the of a six-year-old child?

Patient's question:

For more than two months, it was noticed that the head was slightly tilted to the left. At four months, when checked at the hospital, it was said that there was no sign of torticollis, and it was recommended to return in June. In June, it was diagnosed as torticollis after being seen locally.

Doctor's answer:

When both eyes look straight ahead or turn in other directions, the line of sight should be parallel. If the two eyes gaze at each other, the visual axes cannot focus on the same target simultaneously. One eye points at the target while the other deviates from it, which is known as strabismus. Modern medicine believes that the coordinated movement of both eyes is controlled by the central nervous system. If the central control is disrupted or the extrinsic eye muscles are unbalanced, the light axes will separate when the two eyes cannot focus on the same target, resulting in strabismus.

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