Squint Eye : Options for treatment

[shankar3659]

Hello,

I have squint for my right eye(left eye is perfectly all right) from my childhood and I am now 28 years old.

Here is my problem description :- If I look myself in the mirror from 3 feet distance, I look perfectly right. But If I look the the objects/myself from a distance, my right eye start drifting outwards and I could not position my both eyes in the same direction.

I don't have any problems with the visibility or any eye related issues.

I would like to know below :

1) Can this be treated?
2) If yes, can this be treated with the lenses?
3) Can this be treated with the surgery? would there be any side affects with the surgery? How much it will cost in general.

Any help/suggestions will be greatly appreciated. I am loosing self confidence sometimes because of this and would like to straight this out.

Regards,
Uday Shankar.

[JohnHaganMD]

It cannot be treated to make your eyes perfect.  Cannot be treated with glasses. Might be able to be treated with surgery but risks are significant including under or over correction and double vision. You would need to see Eye MD ophthalmologist that specializes in strabismus (generally called "pediatric ophthalmologists" but they do adults also)