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Squint & lazy eye
Turning eyes, drifting eyes and amblyopia: what is a quirk, what is a clock, and why early treatment works.
Squint & lazy eye
Lazy eye: how to spot the drift early
Amblyopia is the commonest cause of poor vision in children, and one of the most treatable, while the window is respected.
Squint & lazy eye
Why do we have two eyes, and what happens when one turns?
Not an eye and a spare. Why a turned eye is really a question about a pair.
Squint & lazy eye
One of my baby's eyelids droops lower than the other
A lid muscle that did not finish developing, and why we watch it for vision, not for looks.
Squint & lazy eye
My toddler's eye suddenly turned in: when a squint is urgent
New this week, or there all along? The difference decides how fast you need to be seen.
Squint & lazy eye
The head tilt that shows up in every photo
The same tilt in every photo, for years, is not a habit. Here is what it usually means.
Squint & lazy eye
The homework headache that is actually an eye problem
Fine at the whiteboard, falling apart at the desk. What that pattern points to, and what treatment cannot fix.
Squint & lazy eye
Why won't my child keep the eye patch on?
The patch covers the eye she sees best with, which is why every morning is a fight. What actually helps, and what glasses and drops can and cannot replace.
Squint & lazy eye
Squint surgery, what happens on the day
No, the eye is not taken out. What the operation involves, and what the fortnight afterwards really looks like.
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