Strabismus diminishes children's vision

• April 19, 2024

The congenital endotropia it's a kind of squint which affects between 3 and 5% of children; In addition, it is accompanied by vision deficiency, in accordance with Patricia García Regil , specialist in ophthalmology at the Children's Hospital of Mexico "Federico Gómez" .

The squint it is defined as a deviation from the alignment, due to the lack of coordination between the muscles intraocular It is usually a congenital and inherited condition; However, early detection allows rehabilitation, with which it is possible to recover vision and correct the bad position of the eye.

The specialist clarified that from birth to three or six months, the baby can have eye deviations that are not exactly considered strabismus, but if it persists after that age is necessary to go to the ophthalmologist to make the diagnosis.

The squint It may be a consequence of waterfalls ocular, neurological alterations, seizures, retinopathy , retinoblastoma , shock or other development problem that has not been detected.

García Regil stressed that most cases are restored, except that it is an alteration called fibrosis of muscles extraocular And you, do you have any relatives with this problem?

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