{"id":18197,"date":"2021-02-26T09:30:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T08:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ophtalmo-bw.be\/?page_id=18197"},"modified":"2026-02-16T17:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T16:44:24","slug":"strabisme-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ophtalmo-bw.be\/en\/strabisme-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Strabismus (Cross-eyed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:18px\" class=\"translation-block\"><strong>Strabismus<\/strong> is characterised by the fact that the eyes (one or both) can turn inwards, outwards, upwards or downwards. It is also known as \u2018wandering eye\u2019 or \u2018strabismus\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Children over the age of six months can have a common form of squint that comes and goes. This type of squint may be normal but requires an ophthalmological examination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\" class=\"translation-block\">Some children are born with strabismus, but it can also be the result of<strong>poor muscle strength<\/strong> in the eyes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Signs and symptoms of strabismus can include a child with squinty eyes, an inability to judge distance and pick up objects correctly, closing one eye to see better or dizziness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\" class=\"translation-block\">Early <strong>diagnosis<\/strong> of the underlying problem is essential to prevent vision loss. Strabismus can be treated in a number of ways: masking the stronger eye to increase vision and encourage development of the weaker eye, wearing glasses, eye drops, surgery to straighten the eyes, or eye \u2018gymnastics\u2019 exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Le strabisme, qu&#039;est-ce que c&#039;est ?\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ECrZOCUOW54?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Le strabisme est caract\u00e9ris\u00e9 par le fait que les yeux (un ou deux) peuvent se tourner vers l\u2019int\u00e9rieur, vers l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, monter ou baisser. Il est aussi appel\u00e9 \u00ab\u0153il vagabond\u00bb ou \u00abstrabisme\u00bb. Les enfants de plus de six mois peuvent avoir<\/p>","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-troubles-refractifs"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Strabisme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ophtalmo-bw.be\/en\/strabisme-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Strabisme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Le strabisme est caract\u00e9ris\u00e9 par le fait que les yeux (un ou deux) peuvent se tourner vers l\u2019int\u00e9rieur, vers l\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, monter ou baisser. 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