Does acommodative esotropia ever go away? ?!
Question: Does acommodative esotropia ever go away!? !?
My son who will be 3 years old next month, was diagnosed with this vision problem!. He never gave me any indication that he had problems with his vision!. A couple of weeks ago his right eye started to invert towards his nose!. I took him to the ophthalmologist and he said my son has farsightedness!. He prescribed him glasses, (still waiting for them)!. My question is, is accomodative esotropia curable!? will his eye go back to the normal position even if he is not wearing glasses!? I am just very concern and deeply sad for him!. I am afraid that other kids are going to ridicule him, mock him and probably hurt his feelings for having his right eye crossed!. Please give me your imput!. Thanks!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
It is possible for your son to "outgrow" his accommodative esotropia if his eyes become not farsighted (hyperopia)!.
Eyes with hyperopia are "too short" and rays of light from an object fall behind the retina (the back part of the eye that takes the light signal and turns it into an electric signal which is sent to the brain)!. In order to see clearly, your son has to change the shape of the lens inside his eye, or accommodate!. When anyone accommodates, it causes our eyes to cross in a bit!. The glasses your ophthalmologist prescribed for your son will focus the light on the retina, without your son having to accommodate!. (btw it's not uncommon for young children to not mention they have difficulty seeing- they can accommodate so easily and they may not recognize clear vs slightly blurry vision)!. The glasses should make his eyes straighter when he wears them!.
His eyes can be straight looking without glasses if he's not focusing on anything in particular!. He also may be able to wear contacts when he's older!. It's a little hard to predict how much farsightedness he will outgrow, kind of like it's hard to predict exactly how tall he will be when he's grown up!.
I wouldn't worry too much about other kids, especially around his age!. I think your son will react to his new glasses in the way you react to them- if you're excited about them helping keep his eye straight, if you encourage and praise him, I think he will accept his glasses!. It's great you caught this at an early age!. By wearing glasses and having clear vision, his vision will develop properly!. (visual maturity isn't reached until about age 8 or 9)!. Also, having his eyes straight means your son isn't seeing two of everything or ignoring the image from one eye, which can lead to amblyopia!.
This article has a lot of useful information about accommodative esotropia:
http://www!.aapos!.org/displaycommon!.cfm!?a!.!.!.
One other thing- if you can, take your son to an optical shop that regularly fits children with glasses!. They can help select the right frame size and fit for your son's new glasses and make them more comfortable!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Eyes with hyperopia are "too short" and rays of light from an object fall behind the retina (the back part of the eye that takes the light signal and turns it into an electric signal which is sent to the brain)!. In order to see clearly, your son has to change the shape of the lens inside his eye, or accommodate!. When anyone accommodates, it causes our eyes to cross in a bit!. The glasses your ophthalmologist prescribed for your son will focus the light on the retina, without your son having to accommodate!. (btw it's not uncommon for young children to not mention they have difficulty seeing- they can accommodate so easily and they may not recognize clear vs slightly blurry vision)!. The glasses should make his eyes straighter when he wears them!.
His eyes can be straight looking without glasses if he's not focusing on anything in particular!. He also may be able to wear contacts when he's older!. It's a little hard to predict how much farsightedness he will outgrow, kind of like it's hard to predict exactly how tall he will be when he's grown up!.
I wouldn't worry too much about other kids, especially around his age!. I think your son will react to his new glasses in the way you react to them- if you're excited about them helping keep his eye straight, if you encourage and praise him, I think he will accept his glasses!. It's great you caught this at an early age!. By wearing glasses and having clear vision, his vision will develop properly!. (visual maturity isn't reached until about age 8 or 9)!. Also, having his eyes straight means your son isn't seeing two of everything or ignoring the image from one eye, which can lead to amblyopia!.
This article has a lot of useful information about accommodative esotropia:
http://www!.aapos!.org/displaycommon!.cfm!?a!.!.!.
One other thing- if you can, take your son to an optical shop that regularly fits children with glasses!. They can help select the right frame size and fit for your son's new glasses and make them more comfortable!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
It's a good thing that you have jumped on the condition immediately!. Glasses sometimes can cure it and after a certain age he won't need glasses anymore!. Sometimes surgery is needed!. When surgery is indicated, it is only done for the non-accommodative part of the esotropia (the part that the glasses do not correct)!. Be patient and trust your doctor! With early detection strabismus is treated very successfully!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Parrot_gurl pretty much said everything I'd say!. My daughter has accomodative esotropia, too - she's 2 and she's worn glasses for a year now!. She has had the surgery, but still needs glasses!. Her PO said it was possible that she would outgrow her need for glasses around junior high, but it's also just as possible that she'll always need glasses!. Even with the surgery, her eye turns in slightly when she isn't wearing glasses!. As she gets older and her eye muscles get stronger, she might be able to better control the eye turn!. I have a lot of friends who had accomodative esotropia who are adults now - I never knew they had that until my daughter was diagnosed, because their eyes don't turn (unless they're really tired, one friend had her eye start turning while studying for med school)!.
Here's some more good news, the glasses should correct the eye turn, and it appears that the stigma attached to kids in glasses is going away - my daughter has had only 1 negative comment in the year that she's had her glasses!. And even better, someone did a study last year of how kids view other kids in glasses!. Turns out they don't think it changes how good or bad a kid looks, and they think kids in glasses look slightly smarter and more honest, but NOT funny or less athletic or less attractive!.
I hope this helps!. Please feel free to contact me if you ever want to talk with someone else going through this (ann @ shinypebble !. com)Www@Answer-Health@Com
Here's some more good news, the glasses should correct the eye turn, and it appears that the stigma attached to kids in glasses is going away - my daughter has had only 1 negative comment in the year that she's had her glasses!. And even better, someone did a study last year of how kids view other kids in glasses!. Turns out they don't think it changes how good or bad a kid looks, and they think kids in glasses look slightly smarter and more honest, but NOT funny or less athletic or less attractive!.
I hope this helps!. Please feel free to contact me if you ever want to talk with someone else going through this (ann @ shinypebble !. com)Www@Answer-Health@Com