Gowhar Ahmad
University of Kashmir, India
Scientific Tracks Abstracts: J Nurs Care
Squint is a kind of common ocular condition characterized by abnormal ocular deviations with absence of normal ocular paramecium and paucity of binocular vision which is kind of Simultaneous perception, Simultaneous fusion and stereopsis. Main aim of squint management is not only to correct abnormal ocular deviations but to ensure normal’ status of vision to achieve that Status it is very important to diagnose and manage any case of squint properly and as early as possible by a squint expert it is very important for every parent to seek the advice of pediatric ophthalmologist in time if they observe any kind of abnormal ocular deviations. In past in underdeveloped Asian countries SQUINT was considered to be a kind of shame or stigma especially in girls so by the time consultation of such girl with Long standing uncorrected squint was made the eye was in Lasy or amblyopic status and treatment kind of surgery was only cosmetic. However at present with better education and awareness prognosis of squint is very good. Three basic things for any squint assessment are Visual assessment, Mydriatic refraction and fundus examination, because we have got some pathological eye conditions which present as squint, like retinoblastoma and coats disease. Keywords: Exotropia, Esotropia, Hypertropia, Hypotropia, Heterophoria, pseudo SQUINT, Cyclophoria, Microtropia, Orthophoria.
Gowhar Ahmad is a Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Florence Hospital Multispeciality Center, Chanapora, India.
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