I'm 17 years old and squint. I treat him by wearing glasses. Practically from childhood. I have recently started to train football and my glasses are a big obstacle for me. Once I heard about laser removal of strabismus. Could you please tell me more about this?
Strabismus is most often treated with surgery - thus setting the muscles that move the eyeball. However, there is a certain group of people who suffer from the so-called accommodative strabismus. This type of strabismus becomes invisible when the patient wears glasses that correct the vision defect. This means that the strabismus is the result of a visual impairment (not an abnormal tension in the muscles that move the eyeball). Accommodative squint can be cured by correcting a vision defect with a laser. However, whether it is possible is decided by an ophthalmologist specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of strabismus.
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Iwona Grabska - Liberek
Ophthalmologist, postdoctoral doctor of medicine, head of the Ophthalmology Clinic and head of the Clinical Department of Ophthalmology at the Medical Center of Postgraduate Education in Warsaw. From 2016, the president of the Polish Ophthalmology Society.
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