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    Classification of Esotropia

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    This document classifies esotropia into three categories: 1) Right, left, or alternating - describing which eye turns inward. Alternating esotropia prevents amblyopia as both eyes receive stimulation. 2) Concomitant versus incomitant - whether the deviation size changes with gaze direction. Most esotropias are concomitant and begin in early childhood. 3) Primary, secondary, or consecutive - whether it is an initial problem, caused by vision loss, or follows overcorrection of exotropia. Most esotropias are primary.

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    This document classifies esotropia into three categories: 1) Right, left, or alternating - describing which eye turns inward. Alternating esotropia prevents amblyopia as both eyes receive stimulation. 2) Concomitant versus incomitant - whether the deviation size changes with gaze direction. Most esotropias are concomitant and begin in early childhood. 3) Primary, secondary, or consecutive - whether it is an initial problem, caused by vision loss, or follows overcorrection of exotropia. Most esotropias are primary.

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    This document classifies esotropia into three categories: 1) Right, left, or alternating - describing which eye turns inward. Alternating esotropia prevents amblyopia as both eyes receive stimulation. 2) Concomitant versus incomitant - whether the deviation size changes with gaze direction. Most esotropias are concomitant and begin in early childhood. 3) Primary, secondary, or consecutive - whether it is an initial problem, caused by vision loss, or follows overcorrection of exotropia. Most esotropias are primary.

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    Classification of Esotropia

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    This document classifies esotropia into three categories: 1) Right, left, or alternating - describing which eye turns inward. Alternating esotropia prevents amblyopia as both eyes receive stimulation. 2) Concomitant versus incomitant - whether the deviation size changes with gaze direction. Most esotropias are concomitant and begin in early childhood. 3) Primary, secondary, or consecutive - whether it is an initial problem, caused by vision loss, or follows overcorrection of exotropia. Most esotropias are primary.

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    Classification of esotropia

    1. Right, left or alternating Someone with esotropia will squint with either the right or the left eye but never with both eyes simultaneously. In a left esotropia, the left eye 'squints', and in a right esotropia the right eye 'squints'. In an alternating esotropia the patient is able to alternate fixation between their right and left eye so that at one moment the right eye fixates and the left eye turns inward, and at the next the left eye fixates and the right turns inward. This alteration between the left and right eye is mostly spontaneously, but may be voluntary in some cases. Where a patient tends to consistently fix with one eye and squint with the other, the eye that squints is likely to develop some amblyopia. Someone whose squint alternates is very unlikely to develop amblyopia because both eyes will receive equal visual stimulation. It is possible to encourage alternation through the use of occlusion or patching of the 'dominant' or 'fixing' eye to promote the use of the other. Esotropia is a highly prevalent congenital condition. 2. Concomitant versus incomitant Esotropias can be concomitant, where the size of the deviation does not vary with direction of gazeor incomitant, where the direction of gaze does affect the size, or indeed presence, of the esotropia. The majority of esotropias are concomitant and begin early in childhood, typically between the ages of 2 to 4 years. Incomitant esotropias occur both in childhood and adulthood as a result of neurological, mechanical or myogenic problems affecting the muscles controlling eye movements. 3. Primary, secondary or consecutive Concomitant esotropias can arise as an initial problem, in which case they are designated as 'Primary', as a consequence of loss or impairment of vision, in which case they are designated as 'Secondary', or following overcorrection of an initial Exotropia in which case they are described as being 'Consecutive'. The vast majority of esotropias are primary.

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