I have interminttent strabismus where the eye I'm not using will cross inward. I've had it my whole life. So I have a constant cross-eyed appearance. I'm the first in my family to get this.
I've heard that my condition is hereditary and I'm aftraid that my kids might get it. I don't want them to have to deal with this. What are the chances I'll pass it on?
2007-08-16 20:37:11 · 4 answers · asked by Veronica S 2 in Health ➔ Optical
You can find out the exact probability of you passing this on to your children by going to your doctor and having you and your husband's genes analyzed. This will tell you if one or both of you are a carrier for this condition, if the gene is dominant or recessive, and what the ratio is for your children contracting it. This is the only way to be 100% sure. However, it may be a little expensive but worth it to your future children.
2007-08-16 20:46:15 · answer #1 · answered by smurf_genocide 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally had strabismus for 40 years. I just had strabismus surgery today at 40 years of age. There is a strong genetic correlation for the disorder, in other words that is a chance that your children will have Strabismus, but there is also a high chance that you children will not have it. I have 11 other siblings and I am the ONLY one to have strabismus. My niece has it though. My surgery was successful. It is treatable with glasses, therapy, and surgery, Have the kids! There is a strong chance that they won't have it.
2016-03-17 01:12:32 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virtually impossible to predict. In my practice I have a family where both the mother and father have inward turning eyes and all three kids are perfectly normal.
Sometimes eye turns are due to birth trauma and not genetic, or due to a chance event during fetal development. Since no one else in your family has the problem, odds are good that your children will not have it either.
2007-08-17 16:07:36 · answer #3 · answered by Judy B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know my husband had it until one of two sons had it.
Depends on the genes of your spouse.....
There are worse vision problems to have.... I feel it gives my son character and makes his personality even more silly now that he crosses his eyes on purpose instead of involuntary...
Don't worry so much, when the time comes you will be able to handle it...
2007-08-16 20:47:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-06-19 14:24:39 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋