How to correct crossed eyes in babies?

If the baby already has strabismus, parents can only take them to the hospital for a detailed eye examination. If the correct treatment measures are not taken in the early stages, it may affect their vision and even cause their eyes to develop abnormally, eventually leading to strabismus. Therefore, it is best to detect and treat it early.

People with co-rotational esotropia have unrestricted eye movement in all directions. When both eyes look forward, the squint angles of both eyes are consistent. Paralytic esotropia is a complete or partial obstruction of the outward rotation of the paralyzed eye. The squint angle of the paralyzed eye when looking forward is greater than that of the non-paretic eye when looking forward, that is, the degree of inward squint of the "opposite eyes" when the two eyes look separately is different. Fixed esotropia is when both eyes squint inward and cannot turn outward. The medial rectus muscles of both eyes have become fibrotic and cannot rotate.

Expert Tip

There are many types of co-rotational esotropia, including accommodative esotropia and partial accommodative esotropia. If these two types of esotropia are accompanied by hyperopia, the "cross-eye" can be corrected or the degree of "cross-eye" can be reduced by wearing hyperopia glasses, which is what people call correcting strabismus with glasses.

Several methods

Although crossed eyes can be corrected as the baby grows up, it is still not very natural and realistic. How to prevent babies from developing cross-eyedness? Parents must pay attention to the baby's sleeping position and the furnishings in the cradle, etc. after the baby is 2 months old. Here are a few points for your reference.

1. After 2 months, the baby's vision improves and he can pay attention to people and objects around him. At this time, if the baby sleeps in a cradle, do not place toys or objects in the air near the cradle, especially do not place anything within 1.5 meters. If you place the toys in a certain position, you should change the position of the toys frequently so that the baby's eyes can frequently switch to look at nearby objects. Parents should pay attention to changing the baby's sleeping position so that the direction of light projection changes frequently, with the baby sleeping on the left side today and on the right side tomorrow.

3. The baby should not sleep in the cradle for too long. Pick up the baby and turn him around from time to time so that the baby can see everything around him, which will make him curious and increase the frequency of eye movement.

4. The baby’s sleeping position must be correct and must not sleep on one side for a long time.