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Strabismus (Crossed Eyes) Treatment
Treatment for Strabismus (Crossed Eyes)
At Stanford Byers Eye Institute, we believe it's never too late for adults to get treatment for strabismus (crossed eyes). We offer treatments that correct misaligned eyes and restore binocular vision (vision combining images from both eyes into a single, 3-D image). Your treatment takes place right in our building, so you don't have to travel anywhere else for your care.
Strabismus: Treatment Options for Adults
Depending on the severity of your eye misalignment, we may recommend one or more of the following treatments:
- Botox (botulinum toxin): Injecting Botox into the stronger eye muscles relaxes them, enabling the weaker eye muscles to strengthen for normal eye alignment and movement.
- Eyeglasses and eye exercises: If your strabismus is mild, you may need only glasses with prism lenses to help your eyes work together and exercises to strengthen your eye muscles for proper alignment.
- Eye patch: If you have developed a lazy eye because of eye misalignment, we may recommend that you wear an eye patch over your stronger eye to help strengthen the weaker one.
- Surgery: We can realign eyes through outpatient surgery on eye muscles. We use the latest techniques, such as adjustable sutures, which allow us to fine-tune the correction on the eye muscles within 24 hours after surgery.
In adults, misaligned eyes can be a sign of more serious neurological or other conditions, especially if the eye misalignment is new. To coordinate your care for other conditions, we work with physicians in other Stanford specialties including:
- An endocrinologist specializing in diabetes for patients who have diabetes
- An ear, nose and throat specialist for patients who have facial trauma
- An endocrinologist specializing in thyroid disorders for patients who have Graves' disease
- A neurologist for patients who have had a stroke or damage to the brain or cranial nerves that control eye movement
- An oncologist for patients who have brain cancer
Some of these conditions can be life threatening, so it's very important to see your physician right away if you suddenly develop double vision or crossed eyes. You may need emergency medical treatment.
Strabismus: Treatment Options for Children
Our eye care specialists recommend eye exams for children beginning at age 3 or earlier, if there is a family history of misaligned eyes, lazy eye (amblyopia) or other major vision problems. The earlier your child begins treatment, the better chances of correcting the eye misalignment and preventing vision loss.
Many of the treatments for children are the same as for adults. Learn more about our pediatric care for strabismus (crossed eyes) in children at Stanford Children's Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.