Eye diseases and problems have a host of unusual names.
If you’re looking for help with your child’s eyes you may hear some of them, including:
- Anisometropia – a condition in which each eye has a different prescription (refractive error)
- Amblyopia (lazy eye) – a condition of reduced vision that can’t be corrected by glasses or contact lenses
- Binocular diplopia – the medical term for double vision in which your eyes are aimed at separate targets
- Esophoria (also known as overconvergence) – the name for when your eyes aim properly when both are open, but when one eye is covered, that eye turns inward
- Exotropia – when one eye turns out, either constantly of intermittently
- Eye misalignment – can occur in children or adults, may occur some or all of the time, can often be cured with surgery
- Eye tracking problems – your eyes may move unevenly and cause problems with reading
- Grave’s disease (hyperthyroidism) – a condition that can cause multiple serious disturbances with your eyes
- Myasthenia gravis – fleeting occurrences of double vision that can progress to other conditions
- Orthoptics – study of the strength of the eye muscles
- Ptosis – drooping eyelid
- Retinopathy of prematurity (retrolental fibroplasias)
- Strabismus – the condition a crossed or turned eye.
- Convergence insufficiency – when your eyes cannot cross properly for close vision
- Adjustable suture – a process by which an older child or adult awake in the recovery room can have an eye muscle tightened or loosened to help align the eyes even more precisely.