In real life, it is not difficult to find that some children’s eyes look asymmetrical, which we call strabismus. Strabismus not only makes our appearance look unattractive, but also impairs the visual function, which can lead to more serious problems if not treated seriously. How to prevent strabismus in children? Changing your baby’s sleeping position frequently, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, can make the direction of light projection change frequently, which can make your baby’s eyeballs no longer turn to one side only, thus avoiding strabismus. Hang toys at multiple angles The colorful toys hanging in the baby’s cot should not be hung too close to the baby, should be above 40 cm, and should be hung in multiple directions to avoid the child to pay attention to only one point for a long time and strabismus occurs. Increase the frequency of eye rotation The baby should not be placed in the cradle for too long. Parents should pick up the baby from time to time and walk around to make the baby curious about the things around him so as to increase the rotation of the eyeballs and enhance the coordination of the eye muscles and nerves to avoid the development of strabismus. Strabismus should be detected and treated as early as possible Many parents have a wrong view that strabismus only affects the child’s appearance and will naturally get better when he grows up. This is actually wrong. Once parents find out that their children are suffering from strabismus, they should diagnose and treat them as soon as possible, or else they will leave their children with lifelong regrets. Strabismus Simple Test If parents find that their children sometimes have strabismus, they can conduct a simple test at home to determine whether their children really have strabismus. To do this, prepare a flashlight, place the child on his or her back in a dimly lit area, and then shine a small flashlight in front of the child’s eyes about 50 centimeters away from his or her eyes. If the light point falls in the center of the child’s pupil at the same time, it means that the child does not have strabismus, or pseudo strabismus; if the light point falls in the center of the pupil, and the other falls in the pupil of the inner or outer, it means that the child is strabismus, and the parents should take the child to the hospital in time for diagnosis and treatment. Symptoms of Strabismus in Children Generally speaking, people with strabismus will have the following troubles: not being able to see objects in the near or far distance, looking into the distance when they are not concentrating or tired, having the eye position of one eye skewed outward, always closing one eye when looking at something, tilting their head or turning their head, rubbing their eyes frequently or blinking their eyes a lot, and seeing things with double vision, i.e. diplopia. When a patient with strabismus pays attention to an object, the image of the object falls on the center of the retina in the normal eye, but falls outside the center of the retina in the eye with strabismus. The image of one eye is suppressed, resulting in the loss of single vision and stereoscopic sense of both eyes, and in some cases, leading to amblyopia due to poor development of visual acuity. The common clinical manifestations of strabismus are as follows: 1. Inward strabismus The eye position is skewed inward. It is called congenital strabismus if it occurs at birth. The angle of deviation is usually very large. Acquired strabismus is divided into accommodation and non-adjustment. Adjustment strabismus usually occurs in children between 2 and 3 years old, and is usually accompanied by moderate to high hyperopia, or abnormal accommodation cohesion and accommodation ratio. External strabismus: The eye position is skewed. It can be categorized into intermittent and constant exotropia. Intermittent esotropia is characterized by good fusion ability, and most of the time the eye position can be maintained at normal position by the fusion ability, and only occasionally in the sunlight or when fatigue distraction, the eye position will show an esotropia. Some children also show a tendency to close one eye in strong sunlight. Intermittent exotropia often develops into constant exotropia. 3, upward and downward strabismus Eye position upward or downward deviation, less common than inward and outward strabismus, upward and downward strabismus is often accompanied by head tilt, that is, compensatory head position. Hazards of Strabismus in Children [Haze in the heart, can’t play happily] Strabismus seriously affects aesthetics, and patients with strabismus are often nicknamed, which inevitably casts a shadow on the patients’ mental health, resulting in isolation, low self-esteem, and abnormal psychology. According to the survey, most patients with strabismus tend to have low self-esteem, and it affects their normal work and social life. Visual function is impaired, too terrible] Most of the patients with strabismus are prone to develop strabismic amblyopia, which leads to poor vision in the strabismus eye. Even if the visual acuity of strabismus patients is normal, when they look at something, they can only focus on the target with one eye due to one eye being skewed, and their field of vision is far less open than normal people. What’s more important is that strabismus patients don’t have the ability of fusion and stereoscopic vision, which makes strabismus patients have limitations in engaging in many professions, such as driving, drawing, and fine work.