Accomodative Esotropia

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jerseycat10@gmail.com - 26 Jul 2008 20:14 GMT

My daughter was recently diagnosed with accomodative esotropia, and
has been prescribed glasses. This diagnosis has been confirmed via a
second opinion visit to another doctor.

Question is, for a moderate case of accomodative esotropia, how many
years should the child be expected to wear glasses? Are there other
treatments available? Why can't strabismus surgery be used to
straighten the eyes? These are all questions I wanted to ask the 2
docs, but they were both very pompous for some reason.

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Dr Judy - 26 Jul 2008 21:54 GMT

On Jul 26, 3:14 pm, jerseyca...@gmail.com wrote:

> My daughter was recently diagnosed with accomodative esotropia, and
> has been prescribed glasses. This diagnosis has been confirmed via a
> second opinion visit to another doctor.
>
> Question is, for a moderate case of accomodative esotropia, how many
> years should the child be expected to wear glasses?

Hard to say, as it varies tremendously from person to person. Could
be until age 16-18, could be for the rest of her life

Are there other

> treatments available? Why can't strabismus surgery be used to
> straighten the eyes?

Strab surgery is used when esotropia is caused by the eye muscles
being out of position. In accommodative esotropia, the muscle are
fine. Hyperopia is causing the esotropia and hyperopia is treated
with glasses, not with surgery.

See the link below for more details
http://www.pedseye.com/strabismus_accommodative_esotropia.htm

Dr Judy

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