Exotropia

People are very sensitive to other individuals' eye positions. By looking at another person's eye position, one can very effectively gauge where they are looking. People are also sensitive to eyes that are not looking in the same direction, which is referred to as strabismus. Other more specific medical terms refer to eyes turned either outward (exotropia) or inward (esotropia), or that are abnormally rotated. These are all types of strabismus. Any appearance of strabismus in young children should be immediately evaluated, as should recent onset of strabismus in an adult.