Question

A 27-year-old woman recently discovered symptoms of mild strabismus and wants to know about the treatment methods for adult strabismus and which examination method is more effective.

Answer

  1. Surgical therapy primarily adjusts the strength and position of the extraocular muscles to correct strabismus, particularly effective for congenital esotropia and oblique strabismus. Non-surgical strabismus that is severe may also require surgical treatment.
  2. Non-surgical treatments are not all strabismus cases require surgery. Regulatory esotropia can be corrected by wearing appropriate glasses or bifocals, and may also require glasses to correct moderate to high refractive errors. Additionally, ophthalmic training methods can help restore binocular vision function and enhance convergence ability, such as axis correction training machines or prism glasses.