Excyclotropia And Incyclotropia And Botox Posted: 10-31-04 03:18am
Hi all,
i have small excyclotropia in one eye and
small incyclotropia in the other eye.
This prevents me from binocular fusion.
I am wondering if botox injection can be
administered in the oblique inferior for
the excyclotropia and in the oblique
superior in the other eye for the
incyclotropia. Could not find much on the
net about botox and the oblique muscles.
Any opinions would be much appreciated.
Svet
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nawoj29
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Re: Excyclotropia And Incyclotropia And Botox Posted: 04-23-05 04:19am
Hello,
i have children with exotropia (divergent
strabismus or squint) and we live in
poland. I don't quite understand your
condition as I could not find the terms in
my dictionaries.
However, I am interested in the effect of
botox myself. Here in poland I have found
only two doctors who have been using the
botox in treating some eye conditions but
I am still wondering whether to let them
use the botx on my children. I am not
sure of their experience and here in
poland you can't see or ask a dr about his
experience, successful results, etc.
Anyway, this is what I have found out.
The botox (botulin toxin a - if that is
the same) (partly) blocks some muscles for
3-4 months and during that time other
muscles are forced to work. In the
meantime, a number of ortoptic exercises
are performed to help in activating some
neurological "tracks" from the eyes to the
brain, for example to teach binucular
vision. Through this the strabismus
-squint angle should become smaller and
the binocular single vision should become
deeper. Depending on the age of patient,
angle of strabismus and time spent on
exercising the results may vary. Some
patients may need anoter botox in about 6
months, some need 2-4 botoxes.
On dr and on eye dept. In a public
hospital also use special striped prisms
with a similar effect. The effort on the
patient's part need to be greater and the
motivation, pertinacity, patience and
involvement need to strong. Are there any
such method used in the usa, or canada? I
wonder what the effects are?
