Born with one eye larger than the other, four-year-old boy has his eyes "symmetrical" after surgery

Jia Jia (pseudonym), 4 years old, has one eye bigger than the other since birth. On April 5, during a checkup one week after surgery, he saw that his eyes were the same size, and he couldn't hide his excitement and said: "I am no longer a little monster in the eyes of other children." Jia Jia, 4 years old this year, lives in Tianmen. Since birth, Jia Jia's left eye has been smaller than his right eye. At first, his family didn't pay much attention to it. But as Jia Jia grew older, his mother, Ms. Zheng, found that the situation of Jia Jia's one eye being larger than the other was getting worse, and the upper eyelid of his left eye had covered the black eyeball. In order to see more clearly, the child often raises his head or frowns his forehead to overcome the visual impairment caused by the upper eyelid of his left eye covering the black eyeball. When he went to the local hospital for treatment, the doctor said that the child was still young and suggested waiting until the child was older.

Jia Jia (pseudonym) had a significant difference in the size of her eyes before the operation. Photo by correspondent Pei Nishang

Not long ago, Jia Jia came home and said to Ms. Zheng: "I am not a little monster. Why are my eyes different from those of other children?" After asking, Ms. Zheng found out that other children always said that Jia Jia was the little monster in Ultraman.

In order to protect her child's self-esteem, Ms. Zheng sent Jia Jia to the Aier Eye Hospital affiliated to Wuhan University for treatment.

After examination by the hospital's chief physician of eyelid and orbital disease/ophthalmic plastic surgery department, Tu Huifang, the child was diagnosed with severe ptosis of the left eye and required surgical treatment.

"Human muscle activity is controlled by nerves. If the oculomotor nerve that controls the movement of the upper eyelid is abnormal, upper eyelid movement will be impaired and cause ptosis. Most ptosis in children is caused by congenital developmental disorders." Director Tu Huifang said that severe ptosis not only affects the child's appearance, but also causes morphological deprivation amblyopia due to the eyelids covering the pupil, and can even have a major impact on the child's spinal development and physical and mental health.

After sufficient preoperative communication and estimation of postoperative results, and with the consent of the parents, Director Tu Huifang successfully performed a levator palpebrae superioris muscle shortening surgery on Jia Jia.

Director Tu Huifang reminds parents that if they find that their child's eyes are naturally open and the upper eyelid covers the pupil by more than 2 mm, especially more than half of the pupil, they should go to a professional ophthalmology hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible to let their children have a healthy and happy childhood.