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Treatments List

Treatments could include:
  • Wearing a Patch Over the Eye

Treatments Overview Articles

Strabismus
Initially, strategies to strengthen the weakened muscles and thereby realign the eyes are attempted. Glasses may be prescribed. Eye muscle exercises may be prescribed. If amblyopia is present, patching of the preferred eye may be done to force the...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 8, 2006
Strabismus
Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes do not point in the same direction. It can also be referred to as a tropia or squint.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Strabismus
Strabismus is a condition in which the eyes do not align in the same direction. It is also called crossed eyes or squint.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health

Specific Treatments Articles

Exercises at Your Workstation: Eyes, Neck, and He...
Tired eyes? Stiff neck? A few easy moves can help prevent these kinds of problems.
Source:StayWell
A Close Look at Eye Exercises
Despite what the ads say, exercises for your eye muscles won't help you see better.
Source:StayWell
Eye Muscle Surgery
Eye muscle surgery is surgery to weaken, strengthen, or reposition any of the muscles that move the eyeball (the extraocular muscles). Purpose The purpose of eye muscle surgery is generally to align the pair of eyes so that they gaze in the same direction and move together as a team, either to improve appearance or to aid in the development of binocular vision in a young child.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Eye muscle repair
Eye muscle repair is surgery to align eyes or correct eye muscle abnormality (strabismus.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 22, 2007
Eye Muscle Surgery
Eye muscle surgery is performed to weaken, strengthen, or reposition any of the extraocular muscles (small muscles) located on the surface of the eye that move the eyeball in all directions. Purpose The extraocular muscles attach via tendons to the sclera (the white, opaque, outer protective covering of the eyeball) at different places just behind an imaginary equator circling the top, bottom, left, and right of the eye.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Surgery
A Guide to Eyeglass Lenses
Eyeglasses can be prescribed for a range of vision problems, from nearsightedness to farsightedness to the diminished vision of advancing age.
Source:StayWell
Aging Eyes and Glasses
As your eyes age, their lenses become less flexible, and they slowly lose their ability to focus. It's an ongoing, lifelong process called presbyopia, which you begin to notice between ages 40 and 45.
Source:StayWell
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