Heterophoria (latent strabismus) does not require treatment if there are no symptoms and stable binocular vision (binocular vision) is present.
If necessary, glasses are prescribed to correct an existing defective vision (higher degree hyperopia/oversightedness). This can usually already reduce the squint angle. This does not replace in any case an occlusion treatment (cover treatment); or
Special glasses are used, which have a so-called prismatic effect.
Other measures are orthoptic exercise treatments.
In strabismus concomitans (concomitant strabismus), occlusion treatment is used to treat the misalignment of the squinting eye. In this case, the better-seeing, non-strabismus eye is covered by the hour or day.
