Cross Eyes

[supapapa]

Do cross-eyed people or animals see normally?

[boxtops]

No, try it for yourself. (Not being funny, honest - one of my relatives suffers from a wandering eye since birth, and he's had to train himself how to focus.)

[ummmm]

Yes they do.....

My 3 kids have a squint. They can see better than me...

[pastafreak]

The scientific name for it is strabismus....and speaking from experience-not completely.
I was born with one eye turning in. Corrective surgery left me with an eye that now turns out slightly. Consequently-my eyes do not focus together. The view I have of the world is through my 'good' eye.

[anneasquith]

surely if children have a "squint" it can be treated ?

[pastafreak]

I should add that I don't have 'stereoptic'(sp) vision. This has nothing to do though with overall vision-ie-long or short sighted-ness.

[pastafreak]

anne...surgery or exercises.

[zzxxee]

i don't think you can say yes or no, as each case is individual as is the persons experience of focus of their sight.

[anneasquith]

i believe when first diagnosed treatment can involve exercising and if cosmetically unsightly can be surgically repaired.

[ummmm]

Yep...treatment. My youngest was transfered at birth.....

[pastafreak]

Everything you could want to know about it... http://www.patient.co...quint-(Childhood).htm