Anatom3DSquint & lazy eye
Strabismus et amblyopia · Šilhání a tupozrakost
What it is
The eyes point in different directions; the brain suppresses one, and its vision fails to develop.
Symptoms & signs
- Visible turn of one eye
- double vision
- head tilt
- poor depth perception
- reading difficulty
🚩 Get help if…
- call 112 / 911 now Sudden double vision or a new squint with headache, drooping lid or weakness
- see a doctor soon A white or missing red reflex in a baby's pupil on photos
- see a doctor soon An eye that turns in or out in a baby past 3 months
- see a doctor soon A child who covers one eye, tilts the head or bumps into things
Where it strikes
Medical treatment
- Glasses
- patching or atropine to the strong eye
- orthoptic exercises
- squint surgery
- botulinum toxin
Natural & lifestyle
- Screening before age four is what saves the vision
- patching adherence
- near-work exercises
Emerging & experimental
- Binocular digital therapy (Luminopia)
- dichoptic games
Alternative, off-label & anecdotal
Approaches used outside the guidelines, with what their supporters report and what testing has found so far.
- Office-based vision therapy for convergence insufficiency — the CITT trial showed benefit (it does not straighten a true squint) trials support
- Eye exercises alone for a constant squint — do not realign the eyes anecdotal / traditional
ICD codes
- ICD-10 H50.9
- ICD-11 9C8Z Strabismus or ocular motility disorders, unspecified