Diplopia occurs when an individual sees Double image of an object.
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY: Both the left and right eye sees objects differently and send their individual signals to the brain. Processing and fusion of the two images occur in the brain.
In cases of refractive Errors, strabismus, and most times, pathologies, both eyes send images of one object with different sizes to the brain, thereby making it difficult for the brain to fuse the images.
CAUSES:
- Strabismus
- Phoria
- Refractive Errors
- Anisometropia and antimetropia
- Anisekonia
- Pathologies
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: visualizing two images of an object side by side, diagonally or vertically placed, dizziness
TREATMENT: treating the underlying cause resolves the condition.
