Causes of Strabismus
Strabismus is the physical eye disorder that exists when both eyes
are fixed on different points. One eye may move normally, while the
other points in, out, up or down. Amblyopia, or lazy eye, is often the
visual consequence of strabismus.
Often occurring in newborns, causes of strabismus may be unequal pulling
or paralysis of the eye muscles. In many cases, newborns with strabismus
will no longer have the condition after a few months, once their vision
develops fully. Strabismus may also be caused by an exaggerated attention
to focus. If a child is farsighted and tries to focus to accommodate
the farsightedness, strabismus may result.
In adults, causes of strabismus include injury to an eye muscle or
the nerves controlling those muscles; head trauma; a condition, such
as diabetes or high blood pressure, which affect the small blood vessels
that supply the muscle tissue; loss of vision; an eye or brain tumor;
Graves' disease, stroke or other muscle and nerve disorders.
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Strabismus Topics
Strabismus, causes, surgery, bilateral, restrictive, convergent,
vertical, plagiocephaly
