Question

Does your child have a possibility of strabismus? What are the common symptoms of strabismus?

Answer

The symptoms of strabismus can be broadly categorized into the following types:

  1. Eyeball upward deviation.
  2. Nystagmus, such as congenital esotropia.
  3. Strabismic torticollis.
  4. Diplopia. For example, in cases of paralytic strabismus and acute accommodative esotropia.
  5. Strabismus can lead to amblyopia, but those who can alternate gaze are less likely to develop it.
  6. A preference for closing one eye in sunlight to avoid diplopia.
  7. Ptosis, such as in patients with vertical strabismus who may have true or false ptosis.
  8. Misalignment of the eyes, which may sometimes go unnoticed by parents and discovered by others. Conversely, some parents may mistakenly identify pseudo-esotropia as true esotropia.