Strabismus, also known as squint, is a condition where both your eyes do not look together in the same direction. So if one of your eyes looks straight ahead, the other turns to point inwards, outwards, upwards or downwards. The turning of the eye may remain constant or it may come and go. Some squints of childhood may be treated with spectacles, but most of them require surgery on the extraocular muscles (muscles that are responsible for eye movements) for correction.

Sudden onset squint should be evaluated on an emergent basis as it may indicate a more serious problem in the brain (stroke, bleed or aneurysm) which is affecting the nerves that supply the extraocular muscles. Uncontrolled Diabetes or Hypertension can also cause sudden onset squint, or muscle palsy by affecting the nerve supply of muscles. They usually recover within a period of 3-4 months.

Outpatient Activities:

• Routine evaluation including vision evaluation and refractive error correction.
• Specialized vision check for infants.
• Objective cycloplegic retinoscopy.
• Strabismus evaluation with prisms.
• Diplopia charting.
• Applanation tonometry using Goldmann’s tonometer or tonopen.

Non-Surgical treatments offered:

• Glasses for focusing or alignment issues.
• Glasses, eye patching or eye drops, for lazy eye.
• Glasses, eye exercises or a prism prescription for strabismus
• Topical eye drops or pills for ocular allergies, eyelid inflammation, eyelid cysts, tearing from blocked tear ducts and glaucoma.
• Laser treatment for retinopathy of prematurity (ROP).

Surgical treatments offered:

• Strabismus surgery (eye muscle alignment surgery) for conditions not fully treated other ways such as with glasses.
• Blocked tear duct surgery (nasolacrimal duct surgery).
• Childhood cataract surgery.