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Question #01 The doctor said that normally new born baby having farsighted plus 3, while my daughter already has farsighted plus 6.
Question #02 my wife has the double vision, it symtom of MS(Multiple Sclerose) or Strabismus.
Question #03 After 17 years since my first microstrabismus left eye surgery, I may need a 2nd one. I had a microstrabismus surgery on the left eye at age 13, now I'm 30.
Question #04 I have had two previous strabismus surgeries (one at 6 and another at 25 years of age). I still have a significant residual right exotropia.
Question #05 I've been diagnosed with esotropic strabismus. Over the past few years, I have been experiencing eye pain (eye strain?) in my weak eye.
Question #06 At the age of 28 I had eye muscle surgery for strabismus (esotropia). For quite some time I have been suffering from a bad outcome from this surgery.
Question #07 After many years, this week I am finally able to focus both eyes on the same subject for long periods of time. I mention all this in case someone would like more information about how this happened so they might help others.
Question #08 Our 22 mo. old fraternal twins have been diagnosed by an Opthomologist. The first at 18 mos, has strabismus, esotropia, diplopia, astigmatism..
Question #09 I failed a stereoacuity examination during an application for employment, I was upset and thought my vision was good.
Question #10 He my prescribed bifocal lenses. I was very much surpriesed with degree of my vision disorders. Must i eye patching permanently 15hours daily?
Question #11 After surgery for strabismus, everything seemed much 'smaller' or 'farther away' suddenly..
Question #12 I would like to know if there is a link between CFS and eye problems; I get a lot of muscle aches, even in my eye muscles.
Question #13 I would like to draw your kind attention for intermittent type of squint.
Question #14 She has a nuerological condition though,one side of her brain did not fully develop the left hemisphere and this is the right eye that is lazy
Question #15 I developped Esotropic Strabismus at age 7 and have been wearing corrective bifocals since. My question is: should i go with surgery or contacts? And what are the respective prices?
Question #16 My doctor have recommended surgery for this squint that I have but I am reluctant to have the operation. By the way I'm already 22.
Question #17 For the first few days after surgery I was seeing double, but that has subsided. I have tried looking at Magic Eye books and still can not see any of the images.
Question #18 I had infantile strabismus which was horizontally corrected with surgery when I was 12 1/2 years old. I am 51 years old now and am wondering if by now there is something more that can be done for my eyes to correct the double vision which the surgery did not fix.
Question #19 My mother had strabismus. Now I have an 8 month old baby. I was told strabismus is genetic.
Question #20 I had strabismus surgery when I was 4 to correct esotropia,and didn't have any further problems until Jan.97, when I was 42. My right eye,which is also amblyotic started giving me problems and causing headaches and very bad eye strain
Question #21 I am 40. I have strabismus in my right eye. It turns inward, and the eye is smaller and deeper set than its partner .. I am turning into a recluse, because I am weary of years of rejection.
Question #22 When i look straight at anything, i have double vision. When i turn my head a little (~15degrees) to the left i can see everything singularly.
Question #23 I'm now 44 and had been seen by a surgeon and had surgery scheduled. Then, in a final visit in preparation for surgery which was scheduled in about 2 days ,the doctor used two graduated prisms (?) to simulate the correction. Unfortunately, with everything he tried, I ended up with double vision and the surgery was cancelled.
Question #24 Why did I get diplopia after my cataract surgery?
Question #25 The doctor who looked at my daughter who is 6 weeks old mentioned that she thought my daughter might have a lazy eye.
Question #26 I've been reading books with my "lazy eye" and concentrating on moving the eye while watching TV and being on my computer and such How well do these visual exercises treat lazy eye?
Question #27 I'm really crosseyed, and i can't see right. i just wanna be normal like the rest.
Question #28 I have had diplopia for 15 years and wear 14 prism BO glasses which keep me straight most of the time except when I am very tired. I have MS..
Question #29 My son is 14 months old and has had one eye noticable turn outward since he was very small.
Question #30 My son has what you called hypertropia. I saw an specialist here in Ecuador and he told me he needed a surgery. I would like to know if this is the only method my son has to correct his problem.
Question #31 my son is 5 years old. Since two months ago, he started to blink, squint, roll his eyes to the top and sides excessively.
Question #32 I had two surgeries to correct it before the age of one, and one at age 11 for a wondering eye. After the third surgery, I got double vision, and I have had it ever since.
Question #33 We are adopting a little girl with "convergent strabismus of non-specific nature apparent from the age of 3 months. Is it normally operable?
Question #34 I have a left lazy eye which goes inwards towards my nose and also double vision if i donīt wear my glasses.
Question #35 My daughter had five surgeries prior to the age of two for stabismus. When he wanted to do surgery #6, we balked. My daughter is now 21 and the left eye follows an A pattern and moves to the left, most noticably when she is tired.
Question #36 i have had a 'lazy' left eye since the age of four, and have worn glasses for the past twenty four years. is there any type of surgical solution?
Question #37 my son, aged 2 and 6 months has been diagnosed with Duan's syndrome.
Question #38 My question is, sometimes I get a strange disorientated sensation when driving at night. ...should I be driving??
Question #39 During infancy I had two corrective operations, which while correcting my squint to some extent, did not cure it completely. Recently, I am now 21, I have started to consider having it fixed completely.
Question #40 What are corrective methods available for children? My daughter is almost two, and has a "plus 3" (farsighted?) condition with eyes crossing periodically.
Question #41 MY 5 YEAR OLD SON HAS TO PATCH ON A DAILY BASIS FOR UP TO 6 HOURS A DAY , I WAS WONDERING IF THERE ANY TIPS OR ADVICE YOU CAN GIVE, TO HELP WITH THIS DAILY BATTLE.
Question #42 I've recently been diagnosed with a thrombosed inter cranial left carotid aneurysm. I am suffering from double vision and what my neurosurgeon calls contorsion of the left eye.
Question #43 My daughter is 2 years old she has had a squint for almost a year. It has been suggested by several specialists that she have the operation to correct it.
Question #44 My daughter was diagnosed with accomodative strabismus and amblyopia at 8 months. She is now 21 months.
Question #45 Do Strabismus and Amblyopia go hand in hand? Are they the same thing?
Question #46 I am a 15 year old boy who has a squint. I want to know from you if this problem can be corrected.
Question #47 What will happen to my eye if I do no have the surgery? Over the past 30+ years, it has drifted toward the outside corner. Is it likely that my eye will drift again?
Question #48 I was diagnosed with an intercranial aneurysm of my left carotid artery .. If I were to wear an eye patch over my left eye, would I cause more damage to it?
Question #49 My son woke up last tues. with his right eye not able to move to his left, along with the left eye, which is moving normally.
Question #50 I am 18 years old. I have congenital and an amblyotropic left eye. I use the right eye for focusing on objects ... Everybody says I've got beautiful green eyes, and I do like them - straight. I never saw double. Can it happen then?
Question #51 Am I being too overly fearful of being on the road with a depth perception problem?
Question #52 He said she is also long sighted (about 400 degrees and that she would require surgery when she turns one as strabismus is not a condition she will outgrow.
Question #53 I would like to know whether it is possible to correct squintness non-surgically, eg with exercises as I am hesitant to undergo surgery once more.
Question #54 I would like to do the surgery IF it will be better done now than waiting for later, but I am uncertain as to whether or not time will "uncross" his eyes, if we should simply try harder to get him to wear the glasses...
Question #55 I have a squint in my eyes. I desperately want to rectify this problem. Is surgery the only solution or can this disease be rectified by eye exercises.
Question #56 I was operated for squint when I was about 10 yrs and till about 22/24 yrs.it was perfect, Unfortunately, since then,. it started to drift towards the outer corner. Please could you tell me if surgery or anything else can straighten my eye?
Question #57 I am starting to have problems like when I am looking with one eye the other just seems to fade more and more as time goes on.
Question #58 I asked one doctor about it he told me that It may appear and the reason of it in his opinion is studying a lot.
Question #59 We started seeing a doctor for his strabismus at about 6 months who also diagnosed him as being slightly far sighted. He also always tilts his head up while he's walking or running. Is there any correlation between balance/head tilt and strabismus?
Question #60 I have been blind in my right eye since age 14 (I am now 46). Over this time, my right eye has drifted to one side so that it no longer points in the same direction as my good left eye.
Question #61 I'm able to move only my right eye and left eye neither moves right nor left.
Question #62 Over the last 6 months we noticed our 6 year old childs left eye wouldnot always focus in the same direction his right eye would focus.
Question #63 ..it turns inward when I try to focus on an object. I'm wondering if this problem has also been linked to any sort of psychological cause.
Question #64 Only about two month ago, I observed hypertropia (learnt the term from your web site) I am a regular computer user and do regular heavy weight exercises.
Question #65 When I was 3 I went crossed eyed. I've read a lot about vision therapy and managed to track down a specialist in the UK who will do it. Can it help?

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