Convergence Insufficiency As It Affects the Returned Soldier

A US soldier who returned from Iraq with nonhealing sores.

(See pages 1065–6 for Answer to Photo Quiz) Figure 1. Indurated lesions with central scale and posterior auricular adenopathy A previously healthy, 23-year-old US soldier was evacuated to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) in Wash-ington, D.C., for evaluation of nonhealing lesions on his neck (figure 1) and body. The patient had deployed with his unit to Iraq in April 2003 and first no...

Convergence Insufficiency

Types of Convergence (1) Voluntary Convergence – Amount of Convergence of visual axes that can be produced at will (2) Reflex convergence Convergence of visual axes which is not under complete voluntary control and it has four components – a. Tonic convergence – Due to inherent innervational tone of extra ocular muscles. b. Fusional convergence -The convergence that is produced to ensure that s...

Alcohol as an alternative therapy in accommodative and convergence insufficiency.

Convergence insufficiency-a major review.

Convergence insufficiency is a common binocular vision disorder affecting approximately 5% of the population in the United States. It is often associated with a host of symptoms that occur when doing near work, such as reading and computer viewing. This article reviews the existing literature on convergence insufficiency including etiology, diagnosis, sensorimotor findings, and management.

Eye strain from convergence insufficiency.

Eye strain and headache are common ocular symptoms, and the main cause in persons aged 15 to 40 is convergence insufficiency. It is more common in females than in males. Many patients are supplied with glasses for eye strain without the causative convergence insufficiency being treated. The treatment in most cases is orthoptic exercises.