Which is what I am sure that the ophthalmologist and orthoptist are worried about. I did eye muscle surgery on him for the exotropia at near, and within a couple months he was right back to almost the same measurements. I don't think that your strabismus developed out of nowhere. You probably had a tendency to deviate 9which would not be surprising because of the marked difference in refractive error between the two eyes. And for some unknown reason, you have decompensated in your ability to use your eyes together.
Surgery is definitely an option.
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