Strabismus and Its Homoeopathic Management

Abstract

The visual axis of the two eyes are parallel to each other in the normal ‘primary position of gaze’ and this alignment is maintained in all positions of gaze. A misalignment of the visual axes of the two eyes is called squint or strabismus. In other words, when both eyes don’t look at the same point at the same time is known as squint. Normally, the muscles attached to each eye work together to move both eyes in the same direction at the same time. When the eye muscles don’t work as they should, the eyes may become misaligned and the brain may not be able to merge what one eye sees with what the other eye sees. It causes them to fail to work together as a team for clear, comfortable and binocular vision.Binocular vision refers to the coordination of two eyes both focusing on an object and perceiving a single visual image. Strabismus can be congenital in patients, or it can be acquired due to other underlying conditions. Strabismus typically appears by the time a child reaches the age of 3, although it can be acquired later in childhood and even in adulthood. Those adults who develop strabismus later in life are those who had it latent in childhood or develop later due to injury, thyroid disorder or myasthenia gravis (weakness and rapid fatigue of any of the muscles under your voluntary control).