February 23, 2008
Strabismus(squint,crosseye)
Posted by: Chaitanya : Category: EAR AND EYE
This is the inability of the eyes to move together so that the same image falls on the corresponding parts of the retina in both eyes.the result is that two images are sent to the brain,one from each eye,instead of one intergrated image.it is caused by extraoculart muscles weakness or defective nerve supply to the muscle, i.e. defective cranial nerves 3,4 or 5.in most cases the images falling on the squiting eye is suppressed by the brain, otherwise there is double vision(diplopia).
