http://www.eyesapart.com ...crossed eyes, lazy eye, amblyopia, wall eyes, squint, tropia, double vision, turned, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 07:35:58 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/26/school-vision-screening/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/26/school-vision-screening/#comments Mon, 26 Dec 2005 12:24:53 +0000 Lois (admin) http://eyesapart.com/?p=73 Several states have legislated new laws for improved school vision screening which will take place in 2006. I’m proud that my state, Arkansas, is one of the states that is taking the lead. The Vision Council of America (VCA) reports: … Continue reading →

]]> http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/12/26/school-vision-screening/feed/ 0 http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/06/08/strabismus-statistics/ http://www.eyesapart.com/2005/06/08/strabismus-statistics/#comments Thu, 09 Jun 2005 02:31:10 +0000 Lois (admin) http://www.eyesapart.com/living/?p=5 Strabismus is also called cross-eyes, lazy eye, turned eye, squint, double vision, wall eyes, floating, wandering, wayward, or drifting eyes. Associated medical terms are amblyopia, esotropia, exotropia, hypertropia, diplopia or cranial nerve palsy. Strabismus affects approximately 2-4% of the population in the U.S. This translates into approximately 1 in every 25 to 50 people whose eye turns to some degree at least part of the time. That’s 6 to 12 million people who have lived with eyes apart in the U.S. alone. A world wide estimate, based on the figures above, would be 130 to 260 million people affected by strabismus. Continue reading →

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