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What Causes Misalignment Of The Eyes In An Infant?

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Posted on Wed, 22 Jul 2015
Question: hello doctor , it is about my 7 months old baby boy. His eyes are not properly aligned, they are not in sync with eachother. Kindly go through the pic I have attached and let me know what should be the next step.
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Answered by Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain (44 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
I would like to get him evaluated by an ohthalmologist

Detailed Answer:
Hello

Thanks for the query

I have gone through the image.The eyes in the image appears to be mild misaligned.
The misalignment is considered to be normal up to 3 months of age.
Even mild misalignment later in the infancy also does not need any treatment and in most of the cases the eyes get aligned till 2 years of age.
I would like to know if the baby tilts his head frequently to fix the objects as it confirms the misalignment/fixation problem.
But still I would like to get him evaluated by an ophthalmologist for some clinical test like red reflex test to assess the severity of condition.

Please do ask if you have any further query.
Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Dr. Pradeep Kumar Jain

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Practicing since :2006

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What Causes Misalignment Of The Eyes In An Infant?

Brief Answer: I would like to get him evaluated by an ohthalmologist Detailed Answer: Hello Thanks for the query I have gone through the image.The eyes in the image appears to be mild misaligned. The misalignment is considered to be normal up to 3 months of age. Even mild misalignment later in the infancy also does not need any treatment and in most of the cases the eyes get aligned till 2 years of age. I would like to know if the baby tilts his head frequently to fix the objects as it confirms the misalignment/fixation problem. But still I would like to get him evaluated by an ophthalmologist for some clinical test like red reflex test to assess the severity of condition. Please do ask if you have any further query. Regards