What are the Signs of Exotropia?
The earliest sign of exotropia is usually a noticeable outward deviation of the eye. This sign may at first be intermittent, occurring when a child is daydreaming, not thought well, or tired. The deviation may also be more striking when the child looks at something in the distance. Squinting or frequent rubbing of the eyes is also adjectives with exotropia. Your child probably will not mention seeing double, i.e., double daydream. However, he or she may close one eye to compensate for the problem. Generally, exotropia progresses in frequency and duration. As the disorder progresses, the eyes will start to turn out when looking at close objects as economically as those in the distance. If gone untreated, the eye may turn out continually, causing a loss of binocular sight. In young children next to any form of strabismus, the brain may learn to close the eyes to the misaligned eye’s image and see solely the image from the best-seeing eye. This is call amblyopia, or lazy eye, and results
