Slight Lazy Eye: What Is It? What Caused it? And How To Fix It [2023 Ultimate Guide]

1.1 What Does It Mean When Someone has A Lazy Eye?

Strabismus, often called lazy eye, means that a person has misaligned eyes.

Meaning: Both eyes are not pointing in the same direction (either due to muscular issues, or brain issues - or both in summation). [3]

While 'lazy eye' and 'strabismus' is technically not the same thing - 'lazy eye' is amblyopia [4], and strabimus is 'eye misalignment' - it's often used interchangeably. So, in this article, I'll be using both terms interchangeably as well.

1.2 What Causes A Slight Lazy Eye In Children?

A common cause of a lazy eye is the child being born too early [5], or a family history of eye disorders.

The odds of inheriting a strabismus doubles if your parents are suffering from a lazy eye [6] - but given that the net chances of strabismus are low, the actual risk of developing strabismus only due to family history is low.

Why? Because if you double a very low risk, it is still - well - very low.

1.3 What Causes A Slight Lazy Eye In Adults?

The same mechanism is likely to be at work as an adult. The brain favors one eye (the stronger eye), which results in a slight eye deviation of the weaker eye. Which makes the central nervous system unable to process the two images of both eyes... [7]

.. leading to a negative spiral until ultimately, one eye is completely dominant. [8]

1.4 Is It Normal To Have A Slight Lazy Eye?

No, it is not.

While it is not uncommon for some individuals to have a slight lazy eye, it is important to sign up for regular eye examination to monitor for any changes, and potentially to determine the best course of treatment.

I want to stress this again: A slight lazy eye is not normal, and should be diagnosed and corrected early.

Otherwise, it could lead to amblyopia (blur vision in one eye).

1.5 What Are The Most Common Lazy Eye Symptoms?

There are many symptoms to having a lazy eye:

• Misaligned eyes: In other words, the eye movement is abnormal in relation to normal vision. So, one eye looks in one direction - the one eye looks in another.

To people with strabismus, this is socially unpleasant, and makes normal things such a finding a partner more difficult for the patient. As humans have evolved to favor symmetry in their significant others. [9]

This is why the number one reason for surgery in adult strabismus is psychosocial (in plain English, this means for social reasons/ interacting with others). [10]

• Poor depth perception: Which makes it impossible to watch 3d movies. Or makes every day tasks that depend on depth perception, such as parking, more difficult.

• Double vision (diplopia): This is a common symptom of strabismus, which is a condition characterized by crossed eyes or misaligned eyes.

1.6 Eye Misalignment Can Lead To Amblyopia (Weaker Eye)

Strabismus can lead to amblyopia - which means that crossed eyes can lead to permanent blurry vision in the weaker eye. Amblyopia (permanent vision loss) is the worst thing that can happen when you have strabismus. [11]

I personally suffer from impaired vision in my left eye since my teenage years. Overnight, I've lost 80% of my visual acuity.

Luckily, my poor vision in my left eye is not influencing my life quality that much (yep, no lifelong vision problems) - as the refractive error can be completely treated with contact lenses.

1.7 Do lazy eyes get worse?

If not treated, generally yes. [12]

It's hard and close to impossible to treat amblyopia. The magic here lies in prevention.

If I could urge my younger self to go to an eye doctor more often and check for amblyopia symptoms (vision check) - I'd do it.

Amblyopia (lazy eye) is serious and if you suffer from eye misalignment - you should check with your doctor often. If you get an early diagnosis, you can use preventative treatment options to strengthen your weaker eye.

While eye surgery is a standard, and very effective way to treat strabismus - most patients (including me) were interested in alternatives. Especially when the angle is not as big, and the condition is intermittent.

Because surgery is perceived to be risky, costly and quite painful - most people are looking for an easier treatment to start...

This is where our Lazyeyefix Ai software could come in handy. It's designed to help the 19 out of 20 people with strabismus that are not yet ready for surgery [18], yet still want to improve their condition.

2.4 What Is Lazyeyefix Ai?

It's more fun than eye exercises at home, more quantifiable than the Brock String, and less risky, costly and painful than strabismus surgery. In short:

• It helps control eye movement - to prevent eye turns - and help the eyes point in the same direction.
• It's as effortless as possible . no actual training time, so say bye-bye to daily 20min+ eye exercises.
• It's easy-to-use with no doctor supervision - no weird consultations.
• And you can pretty much start immediately and well, improve your crossed eye condition immediately.

And yeah, we have a free trial where you can basically try it with no risk.

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