{"id":120663,"date":"2026-08-23T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T07:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=120663"},"modified":"2026-08-23T16:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T10:50:29","slug":"squint-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/squint-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"Squint Eye"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Squint Eye Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A recent study estimated that horizontal strabismus affects 1.81% of the global population, or about 138.5 million people.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Squint Eye<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>medically known as strabismus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a condition in <\/span><b>which the two eyes do not align properly.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>affect children and adults<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and, when it develops during childhood, can interfere with the normal development of vision.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this condition one eye may turn inwards <\/span><b>towards the nose (esotropia),<\/b> <b>outwards (exotropia), upwards or downwards,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the other eye remains focused on an object.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Causes of Squint Eye<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strabismus occurs when <\/span><b>the systems that control eye movement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and alignment do not work properly together.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Genetic factors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can play a role, and children with a family history of strabismus are at higher risk.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also more common in children <\/span><b>with certain neurological or developmental conditions.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Being born prematurely or with low birth weight are recognised risk factors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In adults, strabismus can develop <\/span><b>due to conditions such as <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/diabetes-and-its-types\/\" target=\"_blank\">diabetes<\/a>, thyroid eye disease<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, stroke, neurological disorders or trauma.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Symptoms of Squint Eye<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most obvious sign is that the <\/span><b>eyes appear to point in different directions.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some children may close one eye in bright light, tilt or turn their head to see, or have <\/span><b>difficulty judging distances.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Adults may experience double vision<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, blurred vision, eye strain, headaches or difficulty with depth perception.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Treatment:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Glasses are often the first treatment when a refractive error contributes to the misalignment. <\/span><b>Surgery may be needed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when glasses and other treatments do not adequately correct the misalignment.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/all-you-need-to-know-about-squint-eye\/article71344618.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Squint eye, or strabismus, causes the eyes to misalign. Learn about its types, including esotropia and exotropia, and its impact on vision. Read more about Squint Eye, Causes, Symptoms, Treatment, Latest News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":120692,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,9741,22,23],"class_list":["post-120663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-prelims-pointers","tag-squint-eye","tag-upsc-current-affairs","tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120663"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120693,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120663\/revisions\/120693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}