Is there requirement of surgery also ?
The ophthalmologist may advise a surgery depending upon the condition of the eyes,. The following surgeries are done for this condition:
Orbital decompression surgery: The bone between the orbit (the cavity holding the eyeball) and the surrounding sinuses (air spaces next to the orbit) is removed ,in this surgery,. The protrusion of eyeballs and also the pressure on the optic nerve. This provides more space to the swollen tissues behind the eye and thus decreases
Eye muscle surgery: The involvement of the muscles of the eyes may lead to misalignment of the eyes and thus lead to double vision. This surgery aims to correct the misalignment by operating on the muscles of the eye If the prisms in the glasses can not relieve the symptoms, surgery may be required.. The aim is to give single vision in the straight-ahead gaze and the downgaze (as for reading). It may require more than one surgery to properly align the eyes. This surgery is undertaken only after the misalignment has been constant and is not changing.
Eyelid surgery: The surgery on eyelids is undertaken to correct this defect. In Graves’ ophthalmopathy the eyelids open more widely.
If the eye requires all these three surgeries, the sequence is orbital decompression, eye muscle surgery and then eyelid surgery.
If the eye requires all these three surgeries, the sequence is orbital decompression, eye muscle surgery and then eyelid surgery.
