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When i try to cross my eyes only the right one moves to the middle but the left stays normal, why is this ?

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Dr. David Chandler
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Ophthalmology 31 years experience
Probably normal: If you try to force your eyes to cross (or converge), both eyes may not turn in become some people have a very strong fixation preference for one eye. In other works, one eye stays fixated straight and the other one turns in. This varies from person to person, and is just a normal variation.
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