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Question

My eyesight is very good, I have no problems with it (don't need glasses etc.) but I do have a problem with one eye. My right eye does not line up with my left (when the left is centred, the right is off to the side. This is fine when both eyes are open but when just the right is open it gives a bit of a weird picture that is harder to "understand" and often not in as much detail unless the two eyes are lined up properly (which does happen when I look down or to either side of me). It's also as if my brain is ignoring the right eye when both are open.

Is there a way to train the eye to stay lined up with the left one at all times and for the brain to register both?

If the description is too hard to understand, let me know and I'll try to fix it

Answer 1

It does sound like a squint, see a doctor to get referred to the hospital to see if it can be straightened.

Answer 2

Sounds like a squint to me. One eye being lazy. LOL

One way would be to cover your good eye and the other will have to then 'work' to get a good pic. Only problem is it takes time (couple of weeks) and you may get asked why all the time. LOL

Hope you find a solution.

Answer 3

What you describe is a "binocular vision" issue.  You will want to find an optometrist who specializes in vision therapy.  Issues like the one you describe can be quite complex, and a proper detailed diagnosis is critical to effective therapy.  Because your eyes do work together sometimes, the prognosis is probably good that you can attain fusion at all times with training.  You can start by entering your zip code at http://www.covd.org/.  Doctors listed there will definitely be able to help you.  If there are none in your area, just call any optometrist in your area and ask if they do VT there, or can refer you to someone who does.  If you want to research more on your own some key terms that would apply are tropia (probably exotropia), strabismus and amblyopia.

Answer 4

It is squint eye

Answer 5

The way you've described it, your vision is very good *in your left eye*, which is not quite the same as your first explanatory sentence.

The right eye has a small strabismus (squint, turn), and either a refractive error, or a degree of amblyopia, (possibly both).

With both eyes open the left is dominant, and the right suppressed, offering no conflict.

To improve the vision will need a refractive assessment and glasses, occlusion of the good eye (to force the brain to pay more attention to the neglected one) and specialised eye exercises might be indicated, each depending on the exact findings.

Patching and exercises can do better with teenagers and even adults than used to be thought possible, but success is not assured.

This would not really affect the issue of the lack of alignment.  Just very occasionally with better acuity in the previously weak eye, the two will "lock" into alignment by themselves, but normally it would require surgery to re-align the eyes.

This all hangs on exactly why your left (edit: sorry, *right*)  eye is underperforming and not cooperating.

(It's not rare: about one person in 30 is functionally one-eyed.)

Answer 6

It sounds very much like you have a squint. The good news is it can be fixed with glasses.

I have had a squint for years and am now getting mine corrected with glasses.