Punctually moving pupils, then converging to the bridge of the nose, then diverging to the temples, cause a genuine panic in the young parents. What is wrong with their long-awaited baby? How to check whether a child has a strabismus or a temporary one? The cause of strabismus in children under one year is the banal inability to own one's own body. The fact that the eyes also have muscle tissue. In newborn babies they are not yet developed enough, so strabismus in infants is considered the norm. Soon the child will learn to control his own muscles, he can focus his eyes, move the pupils in the necessary direction.
Functional strabismus
For synchronous movements of both eyes and pupils, the longitudinal back beam system is responsible. If your pregnancy was not completely carefree and smooth, then there is a possibility that the nerve centers of the baby's brain were affected by microscopic hemorrhages. To the same results could lead and complex birth, and hypoxia , and birth trauma. These reasons are often explained by persistent strabismus in infants. It can be either divergent, when one or both pupils are shifted toward the temples, and converging if both pupils are directed to the bridge of the nose. Sometimes one of the pupils can "look" up or down (vertical strabismus). 10-12 months is the borderline age when the babies have functional strabismus on their own. If the strabismus arises periodically, changes its character, then the fears of the parents are exaggerated.
Another reason for strabismus, which does not require treatment, is that at birth vision in children is farsighted, which is due to the peculiarities of the eye structures. In newborn babies, the eyeball is not round, as in adults, but slightly flattened. If, for example, you brought the toy too close to the baby's face, his eyes will start mowing, because weak muscles can not focus. The greater the distance to the object, the better the baby sees it. Consider this!
Deviations from the norm
Noticing that the baby's eyes are mowed not periodically but permanently, and the pupil is in the same position, do not hesitate to contact the oculist and neurologist. In the early stages of the pathology of vision most often respond to treatment in a short time.
The most common methods of treating this ailment are as follows:
- wearing occludor (bandage);
- wearing lenses;
- performance of special exercises;
- classes with special simulators.