The causes of strabismus in children

Such a disease is congenital or acquired. In children up to a year, the cause most often becomes heredity.Strabismus in children up to a year more often congenital Photo: Getty The appearance of strabismus is influenced by such factors:

• birth trauma;
• infection;
• diseases of a woman during pregnancy;
• abnormal development of the eye muscles;
• concomitant eye diseases, for example, hyperopia, nearsightedness or cataract;
• pathology of pregnancy;
• prematurity or weight of the baby is less than 2 kg.

The problem is not necessarily congenital, the child canborn without vision impairment. Often the development of the disease provokes stress, so take care of the crumb from the experiences and nervous shocks. Do not think that strabismus is not terrible, and postpone treatment until the child grows up. As a result of the disease, visual acuity decreases, eye muscles develop incorrectly. In children up to a year, the consequences are even more serious. Because of the illness, coordination of movements is disturbed, the kid constantly experiences fear. Such children often lag behind in development. There are several types of strabismus. A converging form may indicate a brain tumor, cerebral palsy, Down's syndrome, neuralgia, or trauma.

How to correct strabismus in children?

The older the child, the harder it is to get rid of the disease. It is diagnosed and treated only by an ophthalmologist. On recovery it takes up to two years. Apply such techniques:

• gymnastics for the eyes;
• correction of vision with glasses or lenses;
• deterioration of vision of the healthy eye (it is closed with a bandage) to include the "lazy" in the work;
• local retina with the help of lamps and laser;
• Diploptics (recovery of binocular vision).

The method is chosen by the doctor based on the type of disease andage of the patient. If no method has helped, go to surgery. At home, they do gymnastics. For example, in a sheet of plastic make holes (not less than 10 pieces). The task of the child is to stretch the lace through them. Do when the baby is awake. A day spend up to two hours for exercise. Classes take up to half an hour, do several approaches. In order to detect in time the congenital or acquired strabismus, undergo a planned examination in a month, six months and a year of the child's life. Continue to be observed until the crumb turns three years old, even if there are no problems. Also interesting:

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