Please tell your nurse and/or doctor if your child attends day care or school. Most children recover from meningitis without any problems. Some children may have hearing loss with certain types of meningitis.
esotropia. strabismus in which there is deviation of the visual axis of one eye toward that of the other eye, resulting in diplopia. Called also cross-eye and convergent strabismus. Commonly seen in Siamese cats.
Crossed eyes are common in children. Often the underlying cause is unknown. Infantile esotropia is a type of crossed eyes that appears in babies during their first year of life. It runs in families and usually requires surgery to correct. Acquired esotropia occurs in children between the ages of 2 and 5.