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If i have lazy eye and accompanying double vision due to an un-treatable lesion on my optic nerve, can prism glasses or anything else help?

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Dr. Sandra Lora Cremers answered

Specializes in Ophthalmology

Prisms: Depending on underlying factors and degree of deviation (amount of double vision), prisms usually can help significantly. See strabismus specialist

Answered 10/22/2016

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A member asked:

If i have lazy eye and accompanying double vision due to an un-treatable lesion on my optic nerve, can prism glasses or anything else help?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Sandra Lora Cremers answered

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