If both eyes do not point in a different direction, you’re probably squinting. Internalization of eyes as convergent strabismus or eye-cons “, usually occur in children. Any deviation instrabismus when the eyes are turning to the outside is less common. Even if it is not painful,strabismus is a worrying state. Many adults are concerned about their appearance, and nearly four in every 100 adults suffer from some form of strabismus. Maybe want it just as an aesthetic angle, but there is also a physical disability that often accompanies this condition, loss of eye-hand coordination, things come when ascending, descending stairs or curbs or cross the street, driving and exercise.
Many adults who suffer from strabismus are not aware that help is at hand. The good news is that does not necessarily suffer adults. In recent years an increase has become more efficient treatment option.
The main treatments are used, botulinum toxin and / or surgery of eye muscles. Botox has become “the injection of the day, people more and more ease in the footsteps of celebrities in their pasture. But few people realize that the medical use of Botox was originally developed for the treatment eye, strabismus. Today, a simple injection can correct many expressions ugly eye.
This is an outpatient procedure that requires only a few drops of anesthetic and takes about 30 seconds. “Processing Botox is a real difference for many patients, not done. It will help to reorient not only the eyes, can increase confidence and social skills. This is not just a cosmetic thing, but it may affect your employment prospects, “said Christopher Bentley, a consultant ophthalmologist.
But Botox is safe?
After the surgeon should bear this in strabismus “” treatment, Botox is the treatment of choice for facial muscle spasms, and studies have repeatedly shown it is effective and safe. The target muscle is injected with a very fine needle. The services begin in one to 14 days after treatment and may, on average, about three to four months, then you can to shelter in place. All effects of the toxin reverse eventually with time. A number of studies have side-effects are confirmed in the vast majority of applications, minor, and they are certainly related to dose. The botulinum toxin administered to treat strabismus heavily diluted. Some reported side effects are flu-like symptoms are pain at the injection site, headache and muscle weakness, but they are usually mild and transient. In addition, sutures for surgery of strabismus in adults adjustable. Surgery is usually performed under general anesthesia and a few stitches are not penalties. If strabismus after surgery still exist are given a few drops of local anesthetic and set the stitches before the eyes are in the correct position. “This is a relatively recent development and a very useful tool to help the surgeon to refine the operation,” said Bentley.
The nature and extent of surgery lead to strabismus some requiring specific preoperative decision and requires careful planning and precise surgical forecasting operating results. “The operational objectives to achieve realignment of the muscles of the eyes, if necessary, proper functioning and appearance,” said Bentley.