Rehabilitation after strabismus surgery
Deviations in the position of the eyes, which are noted with a direct look, are called strabismus. It can be found in one eye or both at once. At the same time, a person does not have binocular vision (the ability to perceive the world around him in three dimensions, which is obtained with a normal look with both eyes). The brain is protected from bifurcation, excluding the image obtained on the squinting organ of vision.
Types of strabismus and their symptoms
Strabismus is treated by various methods: glasses, hardware procedures, development and consolidation of binocular functions, surgery and rehabilitation after strabismus surgery. Elimination methods are determined by specialists and depend on a combination of some factors. First of all, on the type of change and its complexity.
There are two varieties of this disease:
- friendly - approximately the same alternating deviation of the left and right eyes;
- paralytic strabismus - squints any one eye.
A common symptom is a "floating" gaze or its deviation to the side. It often manifests itself in infants, but disappears in the process of growing up. Such a syndrome in an older child is a signal for concern.
A sign of concomitant strabismus is an alternating deviation of the left and right eyes. Most often, the deflection angles are almost the same. At the same time, ocular mobility can be preserved and there is no doubling of the “image” before the eyes. But there is no stereoscopic perception, that is, a person cannot perceive the entire visual completeness of our environment. In addition, sometimes there is a decrease in vision with a certain pathology.
If there is a restriction in the movement of one of the eyes to the side or it is completely absent, then this is a paralytic strabismus, characterized by muscle damage. It can be congenital or acquired (a consequence of injury, disease). This defect is characterized by double vision, the absence of binocular perception. Perhaps the deviation of the head in the direction of the squinting eye, dizziness is not uncommon. This type of disease can develop at different ages.
There are several other forms of this deviation:
- converging - the organ of vision is directed to the bridge of the nose;
- vertical - mows down or up;
- divergent - to the temple;
- atypical - the position of the eyes is not characteristic of normal (it can be permanent or temporary, associated with the anatomy of the individual).
If more gentle methods of strabismus correction cannot correct the situation, the doctor prescribes surgery. After surgery on the eyes for strabismus, recovery begins an important period that affects its result.
Recovery period
The cardinal method, if necessary, is carried out for both children and adults. There are 2 types of operations to correct this defect:
- reinforcing - the effect on the muscle that holds the eyeball in a normal position;
- weakening - the action on a stronger muscle, which suppresses the function of the one that is responsible for the position of the eyeball.
The specialist determines the type of intervention and performs it under general anesthesia in children and local anesthesia in adults. Innovative technologies allow you to perform all corrective actions quickly, efficiently, with a minimum injury rate.
Recovery after strabismus surgery in adults occurs fairly quickly. On the day of the intervention, they are allowed to go home. The procedure does not go unnoticed. There is swelling, redness, discomfort or pain. This goes on for about a week. The end of the painful stage is fully observed after a month.
After surgery, rehabilitation measures are strongly recommended:
- gymnastics for vision;
- the introduction of vitamins by instillation;
- analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs are sometimes used;
- wearing sunglasses.
An ophthalmologist is visited weekly, who monitors the condition of the visual organ in the postoperative period. Physical activity during the month should be kept to a minimum. Under the ban: sports, bath, sauna. The student receives an exemption from physical education lessons.
Gymnastics for the eyes is needed every day, and throughout the year. This helps to strengthen the muscles, that is, reduce the risk of relapse. In childhood, vision may fall, so the doctor selects glasses (lenses) for correction.
Rehabilitation after surgery for strabismus in children is also fast and good, subject to the doctor's recommendations. Sometimes you may need special glasses that cover the healthy eye. At the same time, the operated person recovers much more actively.
Doctors are doing everything possible to fully restore vision, save a person from psychological stress, fill his world with the fullness of visual sensations. The capabilities of modern practitioners allow us to solve this issue quickly and efficiently. Discipline and fulfillment of the ophthalmologist's prescriptions is a sure way to an optimal result.
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