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Squint Treatment & Diagnosis

You need proper medical attention and care to restore your vision if you are diagnosed with squint or strabismus. At Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital, we provide squint eye treatment and diagnosis for all type of squints, including convergent squint and paralytic squint.

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Squint Diagnosis

Since children are at higher risk of developing squint or strabismus, paediatric ophthalmologist performs complete eye examination for more than four months. Here are how our eye specialists conduct eye examination for diagnosing squint:

  1. Medical History Examination

    In the initial step, your eye doctor analyses your medical history. This helps them identify the root cause of your eye problem (medications, eye or head injury, or any other underlying problem).

  2. Visual Acuity Test

    In this test, eye doctors ask you to read letters from an eye chart, allowing them to know children’s visual ability.

  3. Corneal Light Reflex

    Doctors perform this test to find the position of your eyes. Depending on the light reflex, they diagnose divergent (eyes deviated outwards) & convergent squint (eyes deviated inwards)

Conducting an in-depth examination of your eyes, Dr Agarwal’s Eye Hospital professionals proceed with the safe and effective operation for squint eyes.

Squint Treatment

Our doctors carefully examine and determine the type of squint (esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, and hypotropia). Based on your eye condition, they offer the best types of squint treatment. The treatment options include:

  1. Patching

    Sometimes, children may develop lazy eyes (amblyopia), which can be one of the causes of squint. Before squint, it is important to treat this eye condition first to prevent further damage. Patching allows the weak eye to get strength, resulting in improved alignment of your eyes.

  2. Corrective Lenses/Contact Lenses

    If you have vision difficulties, your eye doctor analyses it and uses corrective lenses to help you focus straight on any object. Resultantly, this treats squint eyes and align them properly.

  3. Eye Exercises

    Eye exercises or orthoptics are effective on particular types of squint, like convergence insufficiency (difficulty in focusing on nearby objects).

  4. Medications

    For squint eye treatment, your doctor may prescribe eye drops or ointments. Sometimes, they suggest a Botox injection shot to treat an overactive eye muscle.

  5. Eye Muscle Surgery

    Squint surgery is the most common squint eye treatment. In this squint eye operation, eye doctors carefully change the length of eye muscles’ position to align your eyes in proper order.

    Before squint eye surgery, they use anaesthesia to numb your muscles.

    Squint or strabismus surgery may be performed on one or both eyes. It is often termed bilateral strabismus surgery if it is done in both eyes. There is no specific laser treatment for squint eyes.

    Our ophthalmologists may make a small incision in the tissue covering your eyes for strabismus surgery procedures for latent squint or pseudo squint treatment. This helps them get a clear view of your eye muscles which are repositioned to let your eyes focus on the same direction.

    The terms for squint eye surgery procedure include:

    • Resection

      When your eye doctor shortens your muscles by cutting them for proper alignment.

    • Recession

      If your doctor moves your eye muscles to tighten, it is termed recession.

    • Plication

      In this squint surgery, your squint surgeon shortens the eye muscle by folding it and reattaching it to your eyes.

Post-Surgery Care Tips for Squint

The professional doctors of Dr Agarwal’s eye Hospital carefully perform invasive techniques for squint eye correction. Right from the time you step into our hospital to the time you leave after squint eye surgery; our doctors provide complete care. Here are some tips you must follow after the surgery:

  • Your doctors prescribe some eye drops to relieve your eyes after squint surgery.
  • Doctors may prescribe paracetamol for pain relief.
  • Till two weeks of surgery, children are not allowed to indulge in activities like swimming, as chlorine in the water irritates your eyes.
  • When you sleep, it is normal to have sticky eyes for a few days after the squint surgery. The sticky discharge from the eyes should be cleaned with lukewarm water and a cotton ball.
  • Proper care is essential when washing your hair, as soap or shampoo can affect your eyes.

We at Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital provide comprehensive treatment for various eye diseases. The diseases are listed here:

Cataract

Diabetic Retinopathy

Corneal Ulcer (Keratitis)

Fungal Keratitis

Macular Hole

Retinopathy Prematurity

Retinal Detachment

Keratoconus

Macular Edema

Glaucoma

Uveitis

Pterygium or Surfers Eye

Blepharitis

Nystagmus

Allergic Conjunctivitis

Cornea Transplantation

Behcets Disease

Computer Vision Syndrome

Hypertensive Retinopathy

Mucormycosis / Black Fungus

Our eye treatment or surgery options for various eye-related problems include the following:

Glued IOL

PDEK

Oculoplasty

Pneumatic Retinopexy (PR)

Cornea Transplantation

Photorefractive Keratectomy (PRK)

Pinhole Pupilloplasty

Paediatric Ophthalmology

Cryopexy

Refractive Surgery

Implantable Collamer Lens (ICL)

Dry Eye Treatment

Neuro Ophthalmology

Anti VEGF Agents

Retinal Laser Photocoagulation

Vitrectomy

Scleral Buckle

Laser Cataract Surgery

Lasik Surgery

Black Fungus Treatment & Diagnosis

If you observe any difficulty in your eyes, you shouldn’t ignore this. Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital is a one-stop solution to provide safe and effective treatment for eye-related problems. We strive to offer the best treatment options for our patients and are India’s most trusted eye hospital. With a strong reputation and expertise in ophthalmology, Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital offers comprehensive solutions. Our highly skilled team of experienced doctors possesses detailed knowledge and understanding of using advanced diagnostic tools.

Schedule your appointment right away and normalise your vision ability!

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Is there any squint surgery age limit?

There is no specific squint eye surgery age limit, but surgery before six years of age is important to get the most desired results. For the treatment, doctors may perform squint correction exercises to help properly align your eyes.

You shouldn’t wait for a worsening eye condition if you experience any symptoms and immediately get the checkup done by the doctors of Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital.

All types of surgeries have a slight or higher risk, but squint surgery success rates are quite significant. You may get an infection, bleeding, allergy due to medications or anaesthesia and double vision after squint surgery as anticipated risks.

The experts of Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital take good care of you, and you can schedule an appointment with our professionals if you observe any usual symptoms.

The squint eye surgery recovery time may vary from a few days to weeks. The first three to twelve weeks are extremely important to heal your eyes. Take necessary precautions after squint surgery.

Since poor vision pressurises your eyes, increasing the chances of a lazy eye (amblyopia). Before squint surgery, eye doctors treat this eye problem and glasses for squint correction help you normalise your vision ability.

We at Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital implement advanced tools and techniques to treat squint eyes and provide care to individuals.

The eyes are your most crucial sensory part, and you must seek immediate medical attention if there is any difficulty. Squint eye operation costs may vary depending on the hospital you choose and depending on correction of amount of squint.

Dr Agarwals Eye Hospital is one of the most reliable eye hospitals for effective and reasonable squint surgery. We offer world-class medical facilities, and squint surgery costs may range from *123*.

When it comes to strabismus treatment, eye muscle surgery is one of the most common and safe options. As most of us know, it is nearly impossible to cure any type of strabismus with medications or home remedies. Thus, surgery is required to correct the imbalance of muscle in the eye, which causes the affected eye to cross outward or inward.

Even though the success rate of squint eye surgery is usually high, it is best to get in touch with a renowned eye hospital for quick and impactful results. To treat different types of squint, the surgeon will make an incision in the membrane that covers the white area of the eye called the conjunctiva. After getting access to the eye muscles, the surgeon will either stretch or shorten them for realignment, depending on the strabismus type. The entire process of strabismus surgery takes about 90 minutes to complete.