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Strabismus

From Wikipedia
strabismus
visual disturbance, class of disease, signs den symptoms
Subclass ofocular motility disease, hyperopia, disease Edit
Health specialtyophthalmology, strabology Edit
Drug or therapy used for treatmentQ12401889 Edit
ICD-9-CM378.7, 378.40 Edit
ICPC 2 IDF95 Edit
NCI Thesaurus IDC35040 Edit

Strabismus be an eye disorder insyd wich de eyes no dey properly align plus each oda wen looking at an object.[1] De eye wey be pointed at an object fi alternate.[2] De condition fi be present occasionally anaa constantly.[2] If present during a large part of kiddie time, e fi result in amblyopia ("lazy eyes") den loss of depth perception.[2] If onset be during adulthood, e be more likely to result in double vision.[2]

Strabismus fi occur out of muscle dysfunction (e.g., myasthenia gravis[3][4]), farsightedness, problems insyd de brain, trauma, anaa infections.[2] Risk factors dey include premature birth, cerebral palsy, den a family history of de condition.[2] Types dey include esotropia, wer na de eyes be crossed ("cross eyed"); exotropia, wer de eyes diverge ("lazy eyed" anaa "wall eyed"); den hypertropia anaa hypotropia, wer dem be vertically misaligned.[2] Dem sanso fi be classified by whether de problem be present insyd all directions a person dey look (comitant) anaa dey vary by direction (incomitant).[2] Anoda condition wey dey produce similar symptoms be a cranial nerve disease.[2] Dem fi make diagnosis by observing de light wey dey reflect from de person ein eyes den finding say e no be centered on de pupil.[2] Dis be known as de Hirschberg reflex test.

Treatment dey depend on de type of strabismus den de underlying cause.[2] Dis fi include de use of eyeglasses den possibly surgery.[2] Sam types dey benefit from early surgery.[2] Strabismus dey occur insyd about 2% of kiddies.[2] De term dey cam from de Ancient Greek word στραβισμός (strabismós), wey dey mean 'a squinting'.[5] Oda terms for de condition dey include "squint" den "cast of the eye".[6][7][8]

References

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  1. ↑ "Visual Processing: Strabismus". National Eye Institute. National Institutes of Health. June 16, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Gunton KB, Wasserman BN, DeBenedictis C (September 2015). "Strabismus". Primary Care. 42 (3): 393–407. doi:10.1016/j.pop.2015.05.006. PMID 26319345.
  3. ↑ Merino Sanz P, Del Cerro Pérez I, Alan Peinado G, Gómez de Liaño Sánchez P (March 2019). "Causes and surgical treatment of diplopia and strabismus secondary to myasthenia gravis". Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia. 94 (3): 107–113. doi:10.1016/j.oftal.2018.11.007. PMID 30580990.
  4. ↑ Maeda M, Shimomura H, Tokunaga S, Taniguchi N, Lee T, Takeshima Y (May 2024). "Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Juvenile Myasthenia Gravis-A Single-Center Experience". Children. 11 (5): 572. doi:10.3390/children11050572. PMC 11120409. PMID 38790567.
  5. ↑ Harper, Douglas R. "strabismus (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Archived from the original on December 12, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2016.
  6. ↑ Brown, Lesley (1993). The New shorter Oxford English dictionary on historical principles. Oxford: Clarendon. pp. Strabismus. ISBN 978-0-19-861271-1.
  7. ↑ "strabismus". English: Oxford Living Dictionaries. Oxford University Press. 2016. Archived from the original on April 21, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016.
  8. ↑ "the definition of squint". Dictionary.com. Retrieved July 20, 2016.

Read further

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  • Donahue, Sean P.; Buckley, Edward G.; Christiansen, Stephen P.; Cruz, Oscar A.; Dagi, Linda R. (August 2014). "Difficult problems: strabismus". Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus. 18 (4): e41. doi:10.1016/j.jaapos.2014.07.132.
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