Is there any procedure to fix a nerve in the eye that causes the eye to move to the side?
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Yes, there is an operation in which they detach and reattach the muscles that move the eye. It is a very simple and quite common procedure, however you may have a type of lazy eye that is more akin to epilepsy and this is brought on by stress or fatigue. The operation is probably covered by most health insurance.
442785
Well the answer is YES.  I just wonder what type of eye surgery you are having?  Cataract surgery is always done on one eye at a time.  LASIK or corrective laser surgery is usually done on both eyes at the same time, but often we only do one eye.  A lot of people have different prescriptions in each eye.  It is not uncommon to do a monovision-type of procedure so that one eye sees for distance while the other sees for near.  Also, in regards to the cost, I would think that you could make a deal with the facility in which if you pay up front for both eyes and only have one eye done at a time, you could still get the discounted price.  (just my thinking).  Good luck!!!!
595690
There are several different causes, the most common being "lazy" muscles on that side. A common treatment is to cover the good eye, which forces the "lazy" eye to work harder, developing the muscles either curing the problem or at least alleviating it.
905839
I understand what you're talking about. My dad had partial retina detachment and it was repaired several years back. I don't think he had a hole like what you're speaking of. Find an othomologist in your area. MOST can handle that IF they do surgery.
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(m)\n\nHave you ever wondered what makes the muscles around your eyes twitch and flutter from time to time? The answer to this question is relatively simple. And so is the remedy. \n\nAll of the six hundred plus muscles that exist throughout your body and head are supplied by nerves that originate in your brain. If you take it from the top, your brain induces a signal that travels down through your brain stem and spinal cord and out through peripheral nerves to reach each of your muscles. The flow of electricity through this pathway is what allows you to have motor control over your muscles.\n\nYour brain and spinal cord are much like the water tower in your city. Both are full of energy and just itching to gush electricity and water out through peripheral nerves and city water pipes, respectively. In the case of your municipal water supply, you are able to regulate how much water comes out of the pipes in your home with your faucets. In the case of your body, your peripheral nerves are your faucets and must regulate how much electron flow is allowed to come out of your spinal cord and travel to your muscles. \n\nGetting back to what causes a twitching eye, the twitching muscle in question is called your orbicularis oculi muscle. This muscle has two parts: a palpebral part that allows you to open and close your eyelids, and an orbital part that allows you to have a wide range of expressive looks with your eyes, a good example being when your eyes open really wide with surprise.\n\nThe peripheral nerve that acts as a faucet for your orbicularis oculi muscle is called the temporal branch of your facial nerve. So, for you to open and close your eyelids or open your eyes as wide as possible, the temporal branch of your facial nerve must allow just enough electricity to come out from your brain and brain stem and travel to your orbicularis oculi muscle. \n\nIn the vast majority of cases of a twitching or fluttering eye, the problem is with the temporal branch of the facial nerve. When this nerve becomes fatigued, it acts like a worn down water faucet - the flow of electrons is no longer smooth and even. The result is that your orbicularis oculi muscle will twitch or flutter as it receives jolts of uncontrolled information from your brain and brain stem. \n\nIn case you missed it, I just gave you the answer to the most common cause of a twitching eye: fatigue. And fatigue goes hand in hand with stress. \n\nWhen the muscles that surround your eyes twitch and flutter, chances are very good that you are fatigued and stressed. So the remedy for a twitching eye is rest and relaxation.\n\nNot muscle relaxants, not pain killers, not chiropractic adjustments.
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There are various types of surgeries that are done on the eyes.\n\nYou refer to 'improving eye sight'. Well these surgeries are to affect the lens in the eyes to improve vision.\n\nGlaucoma is related to the liquid in the eyeball. There is an entry valve and an exit valve for this liquid. When the exit valve does not function properly the liquid continues to flow into the eyeball and as a result the liquid pressure in the eyeball increases. This liquid keeps on pressing the Optic Nerve endings scattered in the eye ball. Due to this high pressure the nerve endings gradually die one by one. Thus a person will gradually lose his eye sight.\n\nThe operation for this is to assist the out flow of the liquid.  Thus an eye sight improvement operation cannot help or prevent Glaucoma.\n\nThere are various types of other eye problems - like degenaration of the optical nerve, a block in the duct that brings liquid into the eyeball etc.  Thus these are completely different problems.
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I had that sort of thing a few weeks ago, doctor said it was a trapped nerve and he reffered my to a physio.\nSo have a word with your doc.
62949
depends on what you are talking about.  Straighten, like a spine with scoliosis?  There are surgeries for that, and Pitts. actually has great IOM techs that will moniter your spine surgery so you aren't left paralysed. So I guess I need more info to better help you.
936936
your doctor told you that you needed an operation. you did not include much detail as to why the doctor told you to have surgery. you included no symptoms. do you think we can cure you of an unknown problem with your left eye?
419313
Talk to an optometrist or ophthalmologist.
975430
I would think too much time has gone bye. I would think glasses would help. A friend of mine lost his eye when he was fishing and got the hook in the eye.  He had a glass eye and it did not bother him to look out of only one eye.  But I am not a Dr.
86357
Hmmmm that is an interesting conundrum indeed...I would suggest maybe trying a toothpick between the two eyelids...or maybe a strong bonding solvent like super glue (of course then your eye is going to be open all the time and it would always get dried out and freak people out), or maybe you could staple your eyelids open nightly, lastly the only other thing I can think of is having snaps surgically implanted into the eyelids and skin so you can snap your eye open every night....
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A guy I work with woke up one day and couldn't feel or move the right side of his face, he went to the doc and he said that he had a (brain fart, i can't think of what it's called now...) fairly common problem which can be fixed within a few weeks without much pain.  however, if he had waited too long, he may have never recovered the feeling and movement of the right side of his face.  So, if I were you, I'd go see a doc soon.
160431
its a beleif that its a bad omen when the left eye jups but its just a belief. In reality there is no such reason it actually happens due to nervousness or weakness.
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There has been recent research in retinal implants, see:\nhttp://news.com.com/Retinal+implants+may+soon+restore+lost+vision/2100-11390_3-6057581.html\nand\nhttp://www.bostonretinalimplant.org/\nand\nhttp://www.neurotechreports.com/pages/DoEretinal.html\n\nOn April 29, 2006, a Nevada physician performed in a patient with RP, a procedure that might be a first of its kind, namely an Amniotic Stem Cells... see:\nhttp://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?storyid=8154&ret=news.aspx&cat=Business\n\nHope this helps!
28393
I do believe so. My mom had it. Her doctor advised her to close her good eye with one hand, and 'exercise' the lazy eye by focusing on objects.
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I talked to my eye doctor who said that this can work but only if you keep up with the exercises. You have to constantly exercise your eyes in order to keep it going. If you stop, your eyes go back to where they were in the first place.