Question 1

what causes exotropia?

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Many causes: Exotropia, in which the eyes deviate outwards from each other, is due to a defect in the fusion center in the brain.  This allows for either one eye to be suppressed so you don't see double, or a condition called alternation in which each eye works while the other rests.  Most cases are from childhood issues, and rarely from adult problems like certain traumas.

Question 2

how is exotropia treated?

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Depends: Treatment options are do nothing, wear glasses that have a correction (prism), or surgery.

Question 3

how do you fix exotropia?

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Exotropia: Exotropia (outward deviation of the eyes) has many treatments but the appropriate one depends upon certain important associated characteristics.  Options may include strabismus surgery on eye muscles on 1 or both eyes, convergence exercises, glasses & patching.  An md who specializes in pediatric opthalmology  is the best one to determine what options are available to you.

Question 4

what exactly is exotropia?

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Eyes turn outwards: Exotropia is the medical term for eyes out of alignment in which one of them drifts to the side away from the other.  It is usually due to visual difficulties in childhood but may also occur due to oculomotor impairment in adulthood from a variety of causes.

Question 5

how do i correct exotropia?

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Options: Are no treatment (most common), prism in glasses and/or surgery.  Discuss the options with an ophthalmologist.

Question 6

how do you diagnose exotropia?

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Cover test: There is a simple test your eye doctor can perform called a unilateral cover test in order to check for strabismus.

Question 7

what can i do about  exotropia?

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See your eye doctor: Surgical intervention or vision therapy may be helpful.

Question 8

what is another term for exotropia?

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Wall eyes: Exotropia means the eyes turn out in relation to each other.

Question 9

what is exotropia or something like that?

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Eye misalignment: Exotropia is the condition, usually from childhood, in which one eye looks laterally when the other looks straight ahead.  It is usually accompanied by lowered vision in the outturning eye.  I an adult eye is damaged and loses the visual ability to maintain alignment it may also turn out.  The opposite of this is esotropia; eyes turning inwards.

Question 10

do you have any experience with exotropia?

Accepted Answer

Exotropia: Yes, and for the most part it is surgically corrected.

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