Strabology

Strabismus is the branch of ophthalmology that focuses on the study and treatment of eye movement disorders and muscle imbalances that can cause difficulties in the development of clear and stereoscopic vision.


Strabismus specialists work to correct problems that cause the eyes to not coordinate properly, such as strabismus (wandering eye), diplopia (double vision), and amblyopia (lazy eye or "blind eye"). They can also treat problems related to binocular vision and three-dimensional perception, such as near vision syndrome.


Treatment of strabismus disorders may include corrective lens therapy, eye exercises, and in severe cases, surgery. Early detection and proper treatment are essential to prevent long-term complications and maintain good visual function.

Strabismus is a visual defect that consists of the loss of parallelism of the two eyes, so that each one looks in one direction. The deviation can be in any direction: inwards or ENDOTROPIA, outwards or EXOTROPIA, upwards or HYPERTROPIA, or downwards or HYPOTROPIA. There are different types of strabismus, each with different clinical characteristics, age of onset, prognosis, and treatment.

In adults it can occur as a consequence of childhood strabismus or secondary to other diseases: cranial nerve palsy, thyroid diseases, orbital trauma, as a consequence of other eye surgeries, neurological diseases (such as myasthenia gravis), sensory strabismus (it is occurs when one of the two eyes lacks vision or has very low vision).