Do you find yourself squinting to see a distant object or doing an odd head movement to focus on something that appears blurry? If so, you may be suffering from strabismus. This common condition affects many adults and children and can result in vision problems if not treated promptly. Dr David Stager will discuss how strabismus can affect the physical movements of adults.
Common Types of Strabismus In Adults
In adults, strabismus can be classified into two types: esotropia and exotropia. The most common type is esotropia, which is also called “crossed eyes.” This is when the muscles that control eye movement are not working properly together. In exotropia (also called “wall-eyes”), one eye turns outward while the other looks straight ahead or down toward the nose.
How Strabismus Can Affect Adults’ Physical Movements
If a person has strabismus in one eye, he or she will have to turn his or her head to see clearly out of that eye. This can lead to neck pain and headaches as well as back pain from having to twist your body while trying to look at something straight ahead.
Another problem caused by strabismus is loss of depth perception, which is the ability to judge how far away objects are from each other and yourself based on how they appear. It’s important for children who play sports like soccer or basketball because they need good depth perception so they know when someone else is about to kick the ball toward them.
How Do You Know If You Have a Problem with Your Physical Movement?
First of all, you may have a problem with your physical movement in connection with your eyesight if you have difficulty seeing the target. You might not be able to see objects clearly or at all, even when they’re close to you.
Other than that, you may have issues with your movements if you have difficulty moving your eyes to the target. You may have trouble keeping an object in focus as it moves away from or toward you, especially if several different things are happening at once.
Lastly, your eyesight might affect your movements if you may have difficulty tracking a moving object with both eyes (strabismus). This can cause problems reading and writing because these activities require tracking letters across lines on paper as well as up and down lines on computer screens.
How Is Adult Strabismus Effectively Treated?
If you need surgical treatment for adult strabismus, Dr David Stager states that you should understand what is involved in these procedures and what to expect from them. You should also know that there are different types of surgeries for adult strabismus, which are chosen based on each person’s specific case.
First, refractive therapy uses lasers or prisms to improve vision by changing the shape of the eye so that both eyes focus together properly on objects at a distance. This eye therapy can be performed as an outpatient procedure with local anesthesia. Its recovery time varies depending on how much eye correction is needed.
Second, scleral tightening is a kind of surgery that tightens the sclera around both eyes so they work together more effectively without glasses or contact lenses. Lastly, YAG laser trabeculoplasty is where small burns are created inside fluid-filled sacs behind each iris which helps reduce swelling around them increasing binocular single vision.
