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About this video: Have you, a friend or a family member had to deal with the diagnosis of strabismus? Ever wonder what causes strabismus? In this video, Joseph J. Allen, OD, FAAO reviews everything from pediatric strabismus to adult strabismus, including the options for strabismus treatment. Strabismus is sometimes confused with the term “Lazy eye” which is very much related to amblyopia.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Do you have strabismus? Maye a family member? What has been your experience?

[@Duerreboy]

Can make video about relex smile and ICL

[@men.276]

I have it. My experience is it is mostly corrected with glasses and contact lenses. My prescription is high however +6. I've been considering laser but don't know if it's right for me.

[@walidyaman7549]

Good afternoon doctor, Thank you so much for this video, I learned a lot of things Yes, I have my cousin who has convergent strabismus he currently wears prismatic glasses I mean his doctor gives him a paire of glasses with prismatic lenses

[@Badarvlogs92]

Good afternoon doctor My left eye gone blind dur to retinal detachment. Then my eye got strabismus and i got a squint surgury but after that my eye turns after every 1 or 2 days for a whole day. Dr says its because of blindness in that eye. Doctor what is your opinion.

[@fairwind479472]

I was diagnosed with strabismus and amblyopia and farsightedness and astigmatism at around 6 months age and still wearing glasses

[@silaslizzie43]

I had amblyopia before age five which went untreated. I am now blind with strabismus in my left eye. I've had two strabismus surgeries plus three rounds of botox in my left eye muscles. After the first surgery, my eye eventually returned to it's old position. What strabismus has taught me is that people are cruel, ugly, and small minded.

[@VJJK-xt1ng]

Agree

[@mooney228]

Agree

[@disconductorder]

Usually people don't let me hear them talking crap

[@foreignerJas_Gaming]

My family bul*lying me rn bt i just call em illiterate & move on

[@MasonTheFurryCat]

What strabismus taught me is people can laugh at the stupidest things I can’t even control.

[@wmalden]

I was born with my right eye turning in. It was called “lazy eye” back then. I started wearing glasses at age 4. I had surgery at age 7 to straighten the eye but there was never any patching so I continued to favor the other eye. Consequently, I tend to look out of one eye or the other. Now in my 60s, I have monovision which works well for me. My left eye is set up for distance and my right eye for reading. When I look out of one eye, the other eye “drifts” making me look crazy!

[@taraerskine3954]

My right eye is crossed & I have been made fun of so much. People have said the meanesr remarks to & about me!

[@mooney228]

@@taraerskine3954 I am 34 with left eye exotropia and have never felt more self conscious about it

[@disconductorder]

@@mooney228 same man, I hope surgery can do something

[@mooney228]

@@disconductorder I'm still trying to talk myself into it financially

[@omarmendez6754]

I was born with a left lazy eye. It corrected after using glasses but unfortunately my vision never developed . Currently I have a healthy vision on my right eye but on my left only see my side vision. Is there any surgery for that?

[@taylormeyers4802]

Just had surgery for my 3 year old daughter’s strabismus! Super easy procedure and her eye is fully aligned with the other eye now!

[@wheredtheygo2002]

How old was she when you first noticed if you don't mind me asking

[@taylormeyers4802]

@@wheredtheygo2002 she was 2

[@wheredtheygo2002]

@@taylormeyers4802 ok. What did the doctor do that let you know she had it? I think my 7 month old might have it in her right eye

[@taylormeyers4802]

@@wheredtheygo2002 they did a vision exam and dilated her eyes

[@chato6853]

@@taylormeyers4802 wow you’re really good at responding

[@lvnlife75]

Thank you for this video. I had an Acoustic Neuroma brain tumor removed 2 years ago. As a result of the surgery, I developed severe double vision, it wasn’t till a year later that I finally had strabismus surgery to correct the problem. It was so wonderful to see normal once again.

[@melissabrown6254]

I had a cataract removed when I was 2 years old and now have ambylopia. The bullying was relentless when i was younger and had a huge impact on how I am as an adult.

[@shirleyduncan3653]

Wow I can’t believe this showed up for me! My 2 year old granddaughter has an appointment with a pediatric eye doctor this Tuesday! She has some issues I hope can get corrected. Thank you!

[@eitakriamdt]

I'm 22 and I've had severe strabismus as a kid and two corrective surgeries growing up yet it's not entirely cured. It sucks getting weird stares and not having the confidence to look at people in the eye more than 3 seconds and my eyes get tired easily. Thankfully my glasses are helping a bit but I still want to get another surgery to get them completely straight...

[@zintlempendu]

broooo I relate to you so so much, getting weird stares sucks

[@1mikosh]

I actually had strabismus for years from staring at phones and screens and reading up close and I spent a year just looking distant and giving my eye the comfort to move and now I don’t need any prism lenses but I’m still fairly myopic just not having a eye turn anymore

[@sweatytofu7144]

Hi I have questions. I have extropia at age 15. I have questions regarding your schedule and how much screen time you get and stuff and what age you are. Did your eye doctor confirm that your strabismus had been healed or you just felt like it had healed yourself! Thanks in advance

[@1mikosh]

@@sweatytofu7144 I didn’t go to any doctors for years but my right eye actually did get bad over my childhood years -6 so I just started paying attention to my habits in order to not make it any worse now it’s at -4.75 but there’s no difference anyway because my left eye is 20/20

[@NoName-co3be]

@@1mikosh please go to a doctor. Your exotropic eye has gone lazy and doesnt participate in binocular vision.

[@1mikosh]

@@NoName-co3be I went but they just gave me normal prescription they never said that I have a lazy eye anymore , which is strange

[@zacharysherry2910]

I only developed it after playing call of duty on my phone. I'm 99% convinced it was a major factor. I'm not sure what happened though. It started last year. It's extreme and I'm 36.

[@shelbinorwood3577]

I’m so excited to see this video! I was born with severe strabismus and have had 4 surgeries to try and correct it! It’s finally at a point where it isn’t so noticeable (after 27 years of life), but I still have to wear glasses.

[@jaygee3416]

You got surgery and still have to wear glasses?

[@shelbinorwood3577]

@@jaygee3416 Yepp! My prescription is a lot different, and I no longer need the prisms that used to help align my eyes, but my vision is still not great.

[@Kara-kx3wu]

Sameeee I have 2 surgery for my strabismus and my optical nerve in my left eye was under developed leaving me pretty much blind (900/20) and as far as my right eye goes I'm pretty near sighted leaving me in glasses once again lmao

[@samzcool9]

at what age u had uva first surgery

[@omarmendez6754]

Congrats ! I Had the same problem on my left eye. Lucky me my eye corrected it self by using glasses but my vision never developed and I can only see with my side vision. My right eye is healthy but yeah that's me!

[@ThePrinceofDisney]

Thank you for your videos! I’m currently training to be an Ophthalmic Technician and they are super helpful

[@gabrielasz94]

I finally had strabismus surgery three years ago (at 24). It has done wonders for my confidence.

[@megan5881]

Do you see any better? Im 41 and I have double vision :(

[@gabrielasz94]

@@megan5881 I've never had double vision, so I can't really say anything about that, but I feel like my depth perception has improved a bit. I also had Lasik three years before this surgery, so my vision was good at that point.

[@wolfferoni]

@@gabrielasz94 I'm glad to hear it. I hope to have surgery at some point for self esteem reasons. Double vision is pretty normal after surgery, at least temporarily as your eyes learn to use the vision from both together, so it's good you didn't have it. What kind of strabismus did you have?

[@hanneyjo1]

I found this in a search about cyclotropia, but I didn't really hear it mentioned. Everything I've found is so confusing to me! You explain things so perfectly. I would love to hear your explanation.

[@teresafaithmendez2120]

great video! my eldest son was diagnosed with hypertropia on his left eye and mild exotropia strabismus on his right eye, he is 5yr now and has far sighted and astigmatism. now he uses high graded eyeglasses and therapy everyday. Iam praying for his health condition b'coz we don't have enough money for his surgery. thank you dr. for your formative video

[@yu-fujoe837]

Yes the strabismus is complex issue also the treatments are variety such as vision therapy、prism glasses and eye surgery. Thank Dr.Allen for very clear explanation on strabismus.

[@CineGisticMedia]

I hate having strabismus. I have next to no depth perception. I had surgery twice as a kid. And still have problems with it but had a horrible exp with my lay surgery 30 years ago. Hate hate hate it. You can ALWAYS tell when your eye does it whether changing the eye you focus with or by people's facial expression. One of the diseases ppl still feel like its okay to make fun of/with.

[@ChakkaYashwanth]

Its completely worth it watch 16 minute video. I had CI/AI and vision therapy kind of recuperated my brain eye pathway. I could relate to all logical explanations u provided in the video. As i always say, you are a blessing to the human community. Keep rocking doc and plz keep coming up with new topics. U r blessed soul!

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Thank you so much! You are so kind and I appreciate you watching the full video!

[@kiduswardsnowden_bd]

@@DoctorEyeHealth awesome video!! What type of specific doctor should I be searching for in my area in the US?? Very important!

[@politedemons]

did your eyes improve. i have this issue due to my brain and my eye doctor told me there's not much i can do back in 2018.

[@ChakkaYashwanth]

@@politedemons yes it helped me significantly. I no longer have those symptoms and stopped doing eye exercises too

[@warriorgp4640]

I gotta say your eye and shirt coordination is awesome. BTW, thanks for the info...

[@Elskean]

Thank you for this video! A big thing for me is learning some of this vocabulary - explaining all of this to new optometrists has been beyond me, even though I have been wearing glasses for just about 25 years now, so I am very grateful! Currently my vision for sure does not line up into a cohesive image - I mostly use my left, with some (off-center) peripheral vision from my right eye. I have no idea how to approach the prescription process at all anymore. Every time an optometrist asks me "how is this?" when they test lens options I'm so lost, because I don't know what my best outcome should look like anymore. Personally I am a bit grey on my history. I think I had the operation to adjust the muscles in one of my eyes when I was a baby, and again just before school (maybe??), I remember wearing patches on both eyes as well. My mother insists that my current dominant eye is the one that I "couldn't see out of" in the beginning, but the one that my brain ignores now is the one with operation scars, so who knows what happened there. She is also very adamant that I didn't need the first pair of glasses they gave me when I was 7, but I do remember mini-me always thought I saw better with them on when I was reading, and I did a LOT of reading so I just kept wearing them. Being an indoors-kid did me no favors though - I spent way, way too much time with a book or a drawing centimeters from my face, and that habit translated to incessant phone time as an adult, and it did (and is doing) a lot of damage. I went from having OK vision in both eyes (if I opened them one at a time) to such a blurry mess now. One of my biggest struggles with my prescription these last few years is that I don't have the context I need to OK what I'm given, so I kinda just keep what I get. These lenses are too expensive, so I then wear them for too long. I usually find myself delaying to go in until headaches or discomfort start to get to me, to be honest. My last optometrist suggested that my "bad" eye get a weaker prescription, but in hindsight I am not sure if the visit and the way I tried to articulate my problems went well. I told her that my brain ignores my right eye, I was asking questions about my aesthetic concerns about the weak eye's lens continuing to be so visibly double as thick as the other in the frames I wanted to try, I mentioned headaches and aches on the right side - and her solution was a weaker right lens. I now know that I 100% underestimated how much I do rely on this eye for peripheral vision and I should have worded things differently. Wow have I had an adjustment with balance and depth perception wearing a lower prescription on one side. The weak eye itself is less mobile these days, and I'm worried. I noticed the decline even before this adjustment to my prescription. I don't sit down and test how things are going with my right eye until something feels extra off, but somewhere over the last 15 years I slowly lost what feels like half that eye's quality of vision. Apologies to kid-me who was getting it right, adult-me's bad habits prevailed. I flat out spend too much time reading books on my tiny phone screen. 8 hour stretches habitually for 15 years is dumb, kids, don't do it. I have no idea what to do going forward. Do I go back to my last optometrist and try to explain better, or do I try to save up for an eye specialist? Who knows how many bad prescriptions I've worn for years at a time because I don't know what I'm seeing? If there's a machine that can scan my eyes and pop out the prescription I need wow do I need it, I always just settle for what seems OK-est at the time, and that seems increasingly foolish.

[@tophatbanjo]

Great video! When I was a kid, I had a very severe congenital alternating esotropic strabismus, surgically addressed at age 23 with excellent cosmetic result. Diplopia after, yes, but with good suppression on both sides, and now at age 61, I'm using a +2.75 contact in OD as a monocular approach to presbyopia. I was always able to alternate very easily, which is why I never developed any amblyopia or really any anisotropy at all, and so even now, many years after the eso was fixed, I find using OS for far vision and OD for near very natural and I'm able to do that with little diversion.

[@starc6535]

I did a surgery for my strabismus during 90s wen I was 9. I felts the stitches in my eye for at least a year.

[@BUCURPOPA]

"Stiches in my eyes!" This sentence sends shivers down my spine! Glad you are better now!

[@Moonwalker86]

Greetings doctor, can you please talk next about Nystagmus and how treatments go for it. Thanks.

[@du2bbx]

thank you dr. allen for your very informative video

[@nickgrant5108]

Thank you very much! Our two year old has an eye that turns in when she speaks. We'll be taking her in ASAP based on dude's recommendation. Really helpful 🙏

[@mercyunselt2035]

Thank you for very helpful explanation doctor!

[@hurryiasaleem388]

Hey Doc! Make a video on methods or techniques of eye examination! It would be helpful and cool👍

[@YayosGood]

I’ve had since I was around 2 ish. Sadly my parents didn’t take care of my eye health since I lived in another country. Finally when I started getting treatment in the US, I ended up gagging eye surgery which in the end only helped make the eye not look turned all the way inwards. This was done when I was around 13-14. I’m now 23 and I’m thinking of revisiting my eye surgeon to see if anything else can be done. PS can you explain in a video about what us with strabismus/amblyopia see like compared to someone with 2 good eyes (having no depth perception/monovision) thanks!!!

[@jessicagomez1760]

I was born with esotropic eyes, had my first surgery as a 2 year old, then had my 2nd surgery 25 years later on both eyes on the exotropic side. I still struggle a little with reading (my eyes still refuse to cooperate a little) as a 29 year old but my migraines are a lot better.

[@cindyren8675]

videos. Would you please talk next about scleral senses and the various fitting measures such as Eyeprint Pro? Thank you!

[@geophizz]

I've had intermittent rotational strabismus as long as I can remember. I can usually control it unless I'm tired or reading. When it goes haywire, my double vision goes down, to the left, rotates between 20-40 degrees and moves almost constantly. I've had a couple of different eye doctors try to measure it, but my eyes move so much and so continuously in relation to each other that they give up trying to measure it. They all say that there is no correction available for rotational stabismus, so I just live with it.

[@shubhamgade1375]

I have the same.. Sorry to hear about you.

[@geophizz]

@@shubhamgade1375 Most of the time it's a pain, but occasionally I have a great time making eye doctors crazy.

[@politedemons]

yea i have the same. its a brain issue and brain surgery can fix it but my eye doctor didn't even suggest that because its such a risky surgery obviously. I'm glad someone else knows what its like. i wish u nothing but the best. if u end up with steady double vision you can get glasses that correct that but it fucks with your other eye once you do that.

[@aarijhussain183]

Oh man, that's so true, I too have it when I'm sleeping & tired or reading for too long at a close range. since the angle of my eyes changes depending on tiredness or stress, the doctor told me there's no cure. I can never wake up randomly being low on sleep and get rolling since I can't see as I'm tired. Also can't focus on an exam for more than 20 minutes without getting double vision. What solutions have you found working to live with this and reduce the symptoms?

[@therewronill]

As I am staring to play online games DOTA overnight during college years my eyes still works well, but then as I work as graphic designer that take too much time focusing on the monitors everyday, that's the time I experience Crossed Eyes. Now I know I am ESO, as I look far and focus my right eye gives up and going in, when I look near like 1 meter away from me my both eyes are good. watching this video makes me to get a prism glasses to cure this double vision I got. Thanks you for the information Doc Allen. Gotta watch more of your videos ☺️

[@terriwatson1592]

Your eye color, STUNNING

[@Laura-ov9wo]

i have strabismus eso since im born. i had an surgery when i was 11 years old and i do not see double but my right eye is way better than my left one and i cannot focus at all with my left one. i also wear glasses with prism in it. when i was small i got bullied a lot because of my eyes and my big glasses so it is an very sensitive topic for me but i am very glad to see your channel because i didnt know that it was still a thing for adults. i live in germany and i mainly see anything about strabismus for the kids age. so im also very insecure when it comes to an new eye test for new glasses for example.. thank you for the video and bringing people together ♥

[@user-mm3ln4ds4b]

Is it good now ?

[@SunnyWu]

I've had migraines since I was a teen and 3 years ago, I developed visual snow syndrome and my eyes went slightly out of alignment. My optometrist ended up putting in prism for my glasses, but it doesn't fix everything. I'm still night blind, with half functioning day time vision due to visual snow.

[@gwenc1371]

I had this as a kid, and even had surgery to correct it twice when I was really young. My mom did a lot of work to help fix it and prevent lazy eye....but that didn't really end up working out. I hated the patches and exercises I was supposed to do, and in the end I have basically no depth perception; my right eye's prescription is just a balance since I'm myopic and only really use that eye up-close. At this point it just is what it is, but hey at least I don't look cross-eyed anymore and I have a great excuse for bumping into things lol. 🤷‍♀️

[@DaniParducci]

Same for me! My eyes look straight but I'm not able to see with both of them at the same time. It's like they take turns. I did wear the patches and did all the exercises, I guess this is just a thing that can happen? I have almost no depth perception too (makes going to the movie theater cheaper because 3d movies looks just the same as 2d movies for me, so I just get the cheaper tickets 😂). I have astigmatism, so that's why I wear glasses. I also bump into things lol, and pouring water in a clear glass is a kinda hard task for me haha.

[@taraerskine3954]

I have a lazy eye & I've been tortured & still are. I'm so mad my mom didn't care about how kids treated me. I got made fun of so bad it was a nightmare it almost wanted me to wish I was dead. I still have ppl make fun of me or make a comment about it. Idkh ppl can be so cruel & evil! I hated school especially some classes were worse than others,some had really mean ppl in it & teachers knew & they were just as bad they didn't care what & how I was being treated. I've had things thrown at me cruel pictures drawn! I've actually considered killing my or wishing I was dead! I'm 43 & still I'm none as you know her the girl with the fucked up eye! The cross-eyed bitch I'm so mad at my mom not caring about how much I was picked on & she didn't do anything!!!! Nothing!!!! I get headaches it's worse when I'm upset or stressed out! I hate it!!! I should look into the surgery. I just want a normal life & not to be worrying about getting made fun of. I'm surprised I graduated bc of all the mean cruel experiences I had to endure! No wonder why I did drugs wtf wouldn't if you had to go through that!!!! I have so much anger especially to my mom for not caring. She just drank her wine ,& said of ppl tease you bc they like you? Wtf? She's dead now but I'm in tears right now especially if someone says what are you looking at or who are you talking to? Are you looking at me? I hate my life I really do.

[@priscillasantana5779]

We have the same story! Never related to anyone when it comes to this

[@gracesmith9242]

My left eye crossed badly when I was 4 years old. Due to very difficult family situations, it was ignored. I suffed badly from bullying, was excluded from social activities. Finally, at age 17 I ASKED my parents if I could please have my eye operated on. What 17 year old asks such a thing? I was suffering badly. My eye was operated on and is very much better looking, but the vision is gone.

[@samr9483]

Thanks for making this video! I have esotropia. I've needed glasses since I was a kid but for a long time my eye turn only happened what I was tired and I thought it was normal for people who needed glasses. Eventually it started happening more and more often, and then a couple of years ago (I am 27 now) it started happening frequently enough that I realized maybe that wasn't a normal thing for eyes to do and looked into it. By the time I was finally able to see an ophthalmologist it was happening basically all the time when I look at things further away. They said that potentially I always had an eye turn and my brain was better at controlling it when I was younger but it's just difficult to control it now. They prescribed me a fresnel prism and I'm waiting for surgery, but it's been 6 months so far waiting. The prism does help a lot even though having such a blurry sticker on one eye is pretty annoying. The prism is 20 diopters, but I remember they said that's less than my actual eye turn. Both sides are capable of working together up close, so I'm hopeful that surgery will help, whenever I can get access to it!

[@paige.w17]

have you had surgery yet? my left eye turns out when i look far away also

[@samr9483]

@@paige.w17 No, I was supposed to but my surgeon moved out of province and the waiting list is long. I got built-in prisms though and that's helping a lot! They're super thick because it's 24 diopters split across the lenses, but for now it's making a big difference

[@foreignerJas_Gaming]

Wow,same

[@araathirah6920]

I've had alternating exotropia since born. I did a surgery when I was a kid, but several years later, my eyes back to the same condition as before. Plus, I have astigmatism. Recently, I wear prism glasses to treat both exotropia and astigmatism.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Not too uncommon. Sad to hear the surgery didn't last for you. How are the prism glasses working for you?

[@kiduswardsnowden_bd]

@@DoctorEyeHealth awesome video!! What type of specific doctor should I be searching for in my area in the US?? Very important! Is the procedure safe??

[@mcookie12]

I was born in 1985 with infantile strabismus. My left eye became lazy so I mostly used my right eye. I had surgery when I was 2 to correct it but it didn't work. I also wore a patch as a child but that didn't work. I was so self conscious of it as a child and teenager that I developed social anxiety. I had eye surgery again at 17 and 18 and it was finally corrected. I still can't really see out of my left eye much but I'm more confident and can look people in the eyes ever since then. On top of that I have severe myopia and congenital nystagmus. Would love to see a video on nystagmus.

[@DrakoSolos]

Massive W

[@andwoe1752]

I don't have strabismus but I have something called heterophoria which I think is a bit like strabismus but compensated by the eye muscles. Usually I don't have any symptoms at all, but sometimes when I'm really really tired my eyes drift apart and give me double vision.

[@jnewman1718]

Doc, you have not mentioned the "phorias" (exo, eso, hyper and hypo). Will vision therapy be more effective for phorias, including the hyperphoria? Thanks for your insight on this.

[@kiduswardsnowden_bd]

awesome video!! What type of specific doctor should I be searching for in my area in the US?? Very important! Is the procedure safe??

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[@luisgomez1211]

Thank you Dr..interesting...

[@lordzmusic8461]

Please make a video on prevention of blood clot in retinal artery / Retinal artery occlusion ....

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

I would love to!

[@Cliche8701]

Hi Doctor. A totally off topic question if I may: What's your preferred method of determining an add for presbyopes? Binocular cross cylinder or determined by age? Maybe something else?

[@bluestar.8938]

Wow! Thank you : )

[@MrTiger0002]

To all who are suffering from strabismus, NEVER GIVE UP! Take careful notes of what you are seeing, far or close distance. Note and draw what you see in notebook. The more details you can describe the double vision, the better the doctors can refer you to the right doctor. Having too much prism will also get go back to double vision after a short while.. I haven't had any luck with a lot of doctors. It can get very expensive with many glasses trial and errors. Visually, my eyes look normal yet I see doubles. Dr. Allen, don't forget partial lens detachment... which can mimic strabismus symptoms.

[@jamesyoung497]

I have lived my whole life with strabismus amblyopia and I am getting strabismus surgery in February to fix it. My doctor was able to get me dialed into 20/15 vision but now my left eye turns when it used to not do this because i have a compensative eye prescription. So much to the point where I didn't even know I had strabismus. I can't wait to fix it. At this time when I focus with my right dominant eye it focuses perfectly but my left eye turns in severely. I want to correct with vision therapy after this surgery and perhaps ICL's to fix my strong hyperopia.

[@martintapia3359]

I was diagnosed with Esotropia stribismus in July of 2023 and I'm 52 years old and have no family history. Went to go see a neuro ophthalmologist on February 5th, 2024 and after the examination the neuro ophthalmologist told me that prism glasses will not work as I have more than a mechanical issue and will need surgery and after my surgery which takes place this July 2024

[@Uri1000x1]

Video timestamp 9:44 lists causes of acquired strabismus but omits cataract surgery. That can change the dominant eye of a person who had myopia all his life. Both eyes are free to move anywhere but the non-convergence problem persists probably for distant vision. The first response is to squint or close the weak eye to eliminate double vision. This convergence problem must be overcome by using the eyes correctly. Either eye crosses whichever eye is pointed at what is looked at. 12:40 talks about surgery for adult strabismis but I don't think that applies here because which eye would get the prism since either one crosses.

[@basspig]

I had a stroke in 2011 and after that, began having difficulties focusing both eyes while driving. A year later, had doctor diagnose as torsional strabismus 3-1/2 degrees. It's gotten progressively worse. I cannot read books and watching foreign films with subtitles is discomforting. Problem worsens later in the day and by evening it's impossible to gain fusion. Wife noticed my head tilts to the right because my crooked eye is dominant.

[@DRJANAKJPATELMDMEDICINEALL]

WONDERFULL LECTURE VERY SIMPLIFIED EXPLANATION ON SRABISMUS.

[@olgakacianova848]

Hi, thanks for your awesome video(s)... could you please also make one abuout nystagmus? :-)

[@allenkoreis464]

Hi Doctor Allen. Thank you for this information. My wife suffered a TBI a little over one month ago. You clearly described her condition; Alternating Esotropic Strabismus. She has an appointment with a neuro opthalmologist next week. Do you have any other recommendations as far what steps we should take?

[@Baseball-prodz418]

Hi Allen, I suffered a TBI over 15 years ago and was diagnosed with strabismus. I am not sure what exactly the official diagnosis was but it was a rather significant. Because it was caused by a TBI, I had to wait a solid year before any surgical intervention could be considered. After a year, I had eye surgery which was somewhat successful. Good luck to you and your wife as it can be a very frustrating condition to deal / live with.

[@xxdaniiluliexx]

i’m currently going through the same thing. suffered TBI just about two months ago. any update? i’m at a loss.

[@emilykrieger6272]

make videos on accommodation disorders (+ phorias)!! loving all the content, super easy to process!

[@zakxura3948]

This video was so informative. I learned I have an Exo.... my right eye is dominant and my left eye drifts outward. Born with really bad eyes. Had surgery at the age of 1 years old on my eyes. I've always wondered how surgery to correct my eye would be. It's bothered me as a kid. Being made fun of but as an adult I don't give a $h!t. I love the reactions of people who notice. I recently had an eye exam and soon get 2 pairs of glasses. I'm wearing contacts that shouldn't be in my eyes. They are done, trash, one month of use, 4+ months later. Old glasses broke and because of Covid in my town I'd still have to wait for an appointment. Now C19 is pretty much over... it's easier to do everything. Thank you for teaching me about my own eyes.

[@Red-xg2ym]

My eyes move sometimes when I want it too, hard to explain, it’s very rare that it moves uncontrollably. When the eye move in the side it has double vision. I had it for a couple months untreated, cause my doctor said my vision isn’t needed to be corrected.

[@dustbunee2007]

According to my parents, I had strabismus surgery when I was a baby, and then again when I was in kindergarten, mostly due to the fact that I was born with hydrocephalus. I got my first pair of glasses when I was seven, and then I got my first pair of bifocals a few years ago. I was also diagnosed with visual impairment around the time I reached upper elementary school, and had some magnifiers to use, even though I didn't use them much.

[@0bonedancer0]

I was borne with Severe strabismous, I had surgery when I was a baby and again when I was a teen. As a kid I was asked if I was blind alot or told that I looked freeky. I still struggle to "see" out of my bad eye though glasses have helped. I've been to the binocular vision clinic in Berkeley and told I will probably never have true binocular vision though because my brain is to used to ignoring my bad eye.

[@clarissamck]

I have ted and have to use a prism, it’s awful and I’ve been getting Tepezza infusions still no change so far. It’s really affected my wellness.

[@sarathp.s2991]

Hello Doc. I'm began to use contact lenses.. I watched your videos to get ideas for caring them. You mentioned that the persons wearing contacts has chance of infection. Is there is any eye drops to prevent the possible infection? So we can use it periodically to avoid the infection.

[@taylormills1979]

Can you make a video about Neurolens!! I recently was tested with the neurolens machine at my optometrist and was told for near sight my eye alignment was very off. Coupled with the headaches, eye strain, and neck pain I’m apparently a good candidate. So I decided to try out the lenses. But I still don’t quite understand how it affects my vision.

[@musclguy39]

Hi, good video, thanks for posting. I'm 56 years old, 4 years ago I developed strabismus in my right eye, and I lived with it for 2 years. Finally I said to myself I need to get this corrected. I had my first surgery 2 years ago. It was all great seeing "normally" for about 6 months, then my left eye started wandering. So now I have the condition in my left eye and I am seeing double vision unless I turn my head and struggle to keep things in focus, and I get kinks in my neck from tilting my head so much, and I have to wink at people or close my right eye to see them properly. Driving is a pain, especially at night and if it's raining. I'm having surgery to correct my left eye strabismus the day after tomorrow. I've been struggling with this for the last 2 years (roughly) and have been to the eye surgeon many times for measurements with a prism. It will be so great to have normal vision after so long! It's a damn good thing humans don't have 3 or more eyes! I couldn't go through this again! LOL!

[@jaydenwilliam7155]

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[@jaydenwilliam7155]

His herbal remedy is non to be compared with, please do give a try, I was told about it few months ago.

[@ajimshaabdulkalam433]

Can you please give a class related the topic vision 2020 , and the corneal transplant process?

[@Shonda_Goddess777]

I have infantile strabismus (exotropia) . I had surgery when I was two years old and it worked up until I was 8/9 years old. Of course I've dealt with teasing and bullying but around age 12 I got glasses and they improved the eye turn tremendously to the point that it was barely noticeable and most people didn't know that I had it . It was unnoticeable up until age 34 , my glasses prescription was stronger and almost immediately my left eye started to turn outward when I put the glasses on and now my eye turn more often and sometimes my right eye will turn as well. Last year I Lasik to improve my farsightedness and astigmatism. I've been told that it's not necessary to do strabismus surgery but when I inquired about prisms I was told that it was not recommended. I'm not sure about what treatment is necessary for me now that I'm 38 years old

[@politedemons]

yea, I've heard the prisms must stay on once u start using them. my condition was almost unnoticeable till I was in middle school. my eyes only drift when I'm staring down but now it's starting to drift even at a neutral position. I'm so scared about the future 😮‍💨

[@Shonda_Goddess777]

@PoliteDemons I'm researching treatment options. Vision therapy is quite expensive and cost more than surgery. I've heard that some people have done botox and acupuncture. Surgery is not an option for me right now

[@pearllyzabox]

i got high and my vision literally went completely blurry it was scary 💀💀

[@ShortSift]

I am born with strabismus , now I am 22 year old and people around me are noting it very frequently feeling very bad about that

[@mihretyemane5579]

Thanks and please share me some exercises for cross eyes for 2 years old

[@ElizaHamilton1780]

When I was younger, an optometrist from LensCrafters wondered if I had lazy eye in both eyes. Something about how my eye muscles were weak? And she changed my prescription to fix this somehow.

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Perhaps they added prisms. Most likely.

[@bilwi1]

Dr. I just got my right eye stopped moving to the right but it does move to the left from the center. I went to my ophthalmologist he just recommended to wear eyepatch on the affected eye for the next three months. Is it there any other solution, like a therapy or eye drops that could help me?

[@kjon7466]

Question,A macular whole throgh the Retina needs surgery and gas bubble to allow the Macula to heal closed. What about the hole from the surgical ports? Those ports create holes in the Macula and Retina?

[@LAMBERTHEHAMMER9]

I'm 46 years old. I have had nystagmus all my life. The right eye also goes inward, unless I blur my vision. That seems to straighten it out when looking at people. I still have trouble looking people in the eyes. My optometrists have never given me any hope, to rectify any of these issues. Lincoln. Ontario, Canada.

[@berkbuns]

I have esotropia and amblyopia. My parents were wary of an eye surgery on a child in the 1960s and I had eye exercises, patching, and glasses. My eye straightened slightly, but not enough. I was bullied all my life. Clarence the cross-eyed lion, etc. As an adult, my eye straightened a bit more, but now as I hit my early 60s, my eye is way back into my nose again. It started just before I was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, around the start of Covid. It’s just as awful as it was when I was young. I always have a bit of double vision, but the look of it really bothers me. I’ve reverted to not looking at people when I’m talking to them. Outside, I squint closed the esotropic eye out of habit, so people can’t see that eye and so they know which eye to look at. Like Tamatoa the crab in the movie Moana. Ironically, my zodiac is cancer the crab.

[@happy4901]

I started developing eye turning inward for last 5 years I have Keratoconus and had cornea cross linking operation on one eye (left ) however, my doctor said as my right eye Keratoconus is in much advance stage it can’t be fixed with cross linking and will require a cornea transplant. And this is the one turning inward. Can it be fixed? Thank you for all your informative videos doc. Much love and respect

[@edwardh4976]

Can you make a video about high myopia and athletics guide?

[@boimaster9796]

I had a welding accident which caused infection of the retina and a detached retina when I was 20. I’ve had several surgeries to fix the scaring and detached retina which were successful. Unfortunately I have not had an artificial lens put back into the injured eye so my vision is seriously blurry in that eye. It is noticeably off to one side and seems to be getting worst with time. I don’t know what to do to fix this. Any advice to help with this would be very helpful!!

[@stevenryadi5363]

Hey doc.. i wanna know, how do you use a blue light when you already use normall glasses

[@vsuudu4044]

Wow thanks

[@timothywilliams1359]

Is there any way to fix strabismus in an eye that has lost most vision due to congenital glaucoma? My left eye has only some peripheral vision (which does help me to drive) and in the past year I have developed strabismus in this eye. But I have not had usable vision in this eye for many years, and the strabismus has developed only within the past year. Is this fixable without surgery?

[@jeremysrdl7794]

I've had strabismus since my birth. I underwent 3 surgeries. I was wondering, do you think that it's better to wear contact lenses (and especially hard contacts) or glasses for people who have? strabismus? Anyway thanks a lot for this very interesting video

[@DoctorEyeHealth]

Hey thanks for the question Jeremy! the use of glasses and/or contacts depends a lot on the type of strabismus and how the patients eye muscles respond to correction. For people who are nearsighted, a person usually does not have to converge their eyes together as much due to the prismatic effects of the glasses. But a person who is farsighted may have to converge more with glasses vs contacts. BUT what matters even more is something called accommodative convergence/accommodation ratio. Which means how much change in convergence with 1 diopter of accommodation. Simplified: some people move their eye directions 10 steps for every 1 diopter of near focus while others only move their eyes 1 step for 1 diopter of near focus. So your doctor has to evaluate which may be best. But overall a great question.

[@VickyRyan2018]

@@DoctorEyeHealth you are amazing 🤩

[@diovannie81]

Hello, I'm 27yo and just got squint eye (right eye - slight exo+hypo). Is eye stretching exercise effective to fix my eye muscle, or maybe there's better exercise/treatment ?? I'm currently don't have money for surgery so I'm looking for the alternative.

[@aleksandracupurdija1264]

My oldest child had strabismus from birth and the doctor said the surgery is the only solution so we listened to him. Unfortunatly, surgery was only cosmetic. Although her eyes are aligned, she still only sees on one eye, and her vision deteriorated owfully. My youngest child was also born with strabismus but this time we decided we didn't want surgery, we wanted orthoptic exercises instead, and after seven years of practicing his eyes are aligned and his vision is preserved. So, surgery would never again be my choice.

[@kayleekerr806]

I recently got lasik surgery which means I’m completely done with glasses… as happy as I am without the glasses, I started to notice my eyes in pictures looking different directions. I’ve never had this problem before. I am 26 with 2 babies and the only time I had a serious incident was when I got my wisdom teeth removed and the oral surgeon hit a nerve that made me blind for up to one whole minute. That’s the only thing I can think of that actually messed with my eye. Should I start on eye patches??. It isn’t as severe and only happens sometimes.

[@Niyaraizada]

Biggest fan from India 😍😍😍 I'm a optometrist sir

[@katywolffis7678]

I was born with strabismus. Went through patching and surgery. Had surgery around 2. Wore glasses for correction until I was about 16. I still have glasses but am now dealing with double vision when looking at certain electronic screens and have been told that one of my eyes is drifting upward ever so slightly. I’ve been told that when I’m REALLY tired my left eye will start to drift just a touch, but of course I’ve never really noticed it. I also wear my glasses for driving at night at because lights are difficult on my eyes and my depth perception is a bit off. I never really understood how my brain had compensated for having strabismus all the years I went to the specialist, but I remember an eye doctor I went to when I was 18 told me that basically the area used for “binocular” vision was non existent and that my brain was looking through both eyes separately rather than together. I thought that was pretty cool (if that’s accurate), and it made sense as to why some 3D or optical illusion things didn’t work well for me. My great grandma had strabismus so we believe that it might have been genetic. I never met anyone else who had it until I was 21. Then I had a coworker who had it. I also saw two kids at the daycare I worked at have it. It’s more common than you think, but I think having it makes me more aware of looking at kids eyes to see if there are problems. Lol. Glad to see you do a video on it! I know I commented under one of your videos about doing this subject!

[@xX_N_E_O_Xx]

Hello Doctor, my left eye turn or go up when i'm not looking with it, but it looks straight when i see with, i'm not sure what was the cause of it, but i remember falling and hitting the area below my eye with an object. I'd like to know if there's anything I can do fix it. Thank you in advance.

[@Badarvlogs92]

Please make video on blind eye strabismus and how to fix it.

[@anastasia2652]

If you get soft lense contacts will they correct your lazy eye? This would be my first time getting contacts. Thanks

[@vlntntght]

can you tell me about intermittent exotropia and does this case also have suppression and amblyopia?

[@bendeqbendeq]

Hi. I've got a blinded lazy eye that is having esotropia every 2-3 months. Its causes me headache, and it's ruining my life. Do you have any recommendations. Thanks.

[@storyteller877]

Thanks for the information doctor... I am 19 years ols I've had esoteric strabismus eyes since I was little but one thing I've alway noticed I can do is that I can make my eyes look straight like I can make the both eyes look forward but the only drawback is that once I do that I immediately get shortsighted vision any advice for me if I'll get strabismus surgery in the future

[@javaidluqman58]

Sir plz let me know is buckling surgery can add this factor

[@noahmeme2]

I'm now 23. It was missed as a kid I didn't even know there was anything wrong with my eye until now. My left eye turns out and is blurry. My eye doctor says it's not worth the risk to get it fixed at this point. It does bother me now.

[@19562008ful]

Slight strabisme when I grew up. Ended up diplopia for many many years. After 5 chirurgies it was ok until that infection to my right eye. I’m 66 years old by the way. My right eye vision isn’t as good as it used to be and now (right eye) exotropia poison quality of my life once again. Doctors say no more operation so I exercise and use patch eye to strengthen it hopefully. Some progress but still difficult to use computer or reading books or papers. I’m desperate 😢. Any suggestions? Thanks a million Doc.

[@ajmarsh07]

Also, when eye patching for strabismus, do you patch the eso/turned eye or the other?

[@margaretcunningham8933]

I have a problem with my eyesight, I had an accident I was badly hurt because I was run over and I know I had a brain injury and with the COVID problem I’m still waiting to be seen, this happened nearly 7 years ago, I’m seeing double and my eyes are dry and sore, you can’t see the double vision but using this screen and trying to read a book is not good. Surgeons thought I wouldn’t make it, but I have and they are thrilled, I can’t walk as yet but one day I shall. I am 70 years old and I still feel young, how about that then? Thank you doctor, I appreciate your videos x

[@sabatamoleko9324]

Hi...i went for an eye laser procedure after contracting lupus.my eye moved 2da left en i wud lyk to correct it.thank you.

[@agatsuma.ookami]

I was terrified when my vision suddenly went crazy. Double vision and all that. I'm 34, and this started about a year ago. I just got prisms and they really do help a lot, though the eye still turns in. I saw many eye doctors who just said I was too old to help with this. Oof. I'm so glad I'm not alone!

[@musclguy39]

Hogwash. Go see another eye doctor. I'm 56 and am having my second surgery on Tuesday.

[@agatsuma.ookami]

@@musclguy39 I saw multiple doctors. Sadly they cannot operate on my eye.

[@wolfferoni]

@@agatsuma.ookami Were they ophthamologists? Ideally specialising in strabismus? You can have corrective surgery even in your 70s so it's not an age issue. Perhaps there's something specific about your case. Did they tell you why?

[@agatsuma.ookami]

@@wolfferoni Yeah opthalmologists. Many of them. All said the same thing, it couldn't be fixed.

[@sniperwolf50]

I don't have strabismus, but I have convergence issues when not wearing my glasses. What causes that?

[@GopalDas-xd1hy]

sir i am a ocular hypertension patients my base line IOP is 36,38 but with medicine IOP is 12,13 sir i can do regular workout in gym or not