This may include wearing a patch over the unaffected eye, wearing special eyeglasses, or performing eye muscle exercises. Surgery may be required to realign the eye muscles if strengthening techniques are unsuccessful. With an early diagnosis, the defect can usually be corrected. With delayed treatment, vision loss in one eye may be permanent. Strabismus requires prompt medical evaluation.
People are very sensitive to other individuals' eye positions.
By looking at another person's eye position, one can very effectively gauge where they are looking. Other more specific medical terms refer to eyes turned either outward or inward, or that are abnormally rotated. Any appearance of crossed eyes in young children should be immediately evaluated, as should recent onset of crossed eyes in an adult. Imbalance in muscle tension can pull the eyes in separate directions, producing strabismus. When an eye is turned out, it is commonly referred to as walleyes.