Strabismus Downwards

Downward strabismus is a rare variant of strabismus in which the eyeball deviates downwards. This condition is often associated with an imbalance between the left and right eyes, which can lead to problems with vision and motor coordination.

Downward strabismus can be caused by many factors,

Strabismus downward

Overview **Downward squint** (sometimes called hypotropia) is a condition in which one or both eyes are unable to focus on an object directly in front of them. This occurs because the eye muscles, which are responsible for focusing and moving the eyeballs, are out of alignment due to various factors such as injury, neurological disorders, or congenital abnormalities. Although it may be reversible, strabismus can negatively impact a person's visual function and they may require additional medical attention or therapy to improve their vision. In this article we will look at the conditions, causes and methods of treatment for downward strabismus.

What is strabismus? Strabismus is an imbalance between the eye's accommodative reflex and its ability to focus at a distance. With this problem, the eyes alternately or incompletely direct their gaze either too far away from the object or too close to it. In this case, the image that a person sees is distorted, objects may appear split in two. A person with strabismus experiences a sensation of double vision. This condition needs to be corrected as early as possible, since children quickly go through a period of stabilization, and when this happens, the correction shifts from simple to more complex patterns, accompanied by increased nervous tension. To weaken the neurotic component, you need to select a treatment method and adjust the load.

Strabismus can be converging, divergent and vertical. Depending on where the dysfixation of the eye is localized when turning the head or moving the eye, different types of strabismus are distinguished: exotropia, exophoria, hypertropia; infomacular inclination, introphoria and esotropia. While exotropia is the deviation of the eyeball from its original position when looking ahead, it is one of the types of heterotropia that coincides with the same form of head movement. It occurs inwards while maintaining a straight neck position, outwards - when looking straight