exotropia strabismus

often called (incorrectly) lazy eye. Often called wall eyed, or turned out eye.

Just curious to see if anyone else who had OSA as a child also has this eye problem? Some recent research linking other eye problems to OSA (although they didn't mention strabismus).

Retinopathy of Prematurity is caused by the hypoxia that preemies suffer.

I have this condition, and it is unusual enough that the ophthalmologist parades his assistants through to see my eyes every time I visit.

I had surgery for this when only 2 years of age, and they overcorrected. I now have permanently split vision. I alternate which eye is dominant without giving it much thought. On one hand, I have great eye-hand dexterity, and a very good ability to read things like mechanical drawings because I synthesize the third dimension in my mind. OTOH, not having true depth perception makes me have to be extra careful while driving in estimating distances to other vehicles and things.

I don't think I had OSA as a child. But I was experiencing early symptoms of it as far back as my mid '20's. I am now 48.

I had a lazy eye when I was born. Back then, surgery was held off until you were 7 years old! Way too late! So my eye went from looking at my nose to looking outward. I had it fixed when I was 26 just to straighten it. My right eye is more dominate. I once had to wear a patch for some minor surgery on my good eye - yikes, looking out of my bad eye by itself was not fun at all!

That is strange - because my right eye is lazy, and my right ear is the ear which I'm losing hearing in due to bi-lateral meniere's disease.

do you suspect that you had sleep apnea as a child? Maybe even slight hypoxia in a young child can lead to vascular and neuroligical defects that result in these ocular symptoms.