Excessive screen time is associated with the condition in adults.
Those who develop binocular diplopia may may have been predisposed to the condition with weaker control of eye alignment at the outset.
Binocular diplopia is when you see double with both eyes open, and it disappears upon closing either eye, said Dr Ling. It may be due to a neurological problem, or it may be due to too much screen time, especially on mobile phones, she said. Madam Sim’s eye misalignment or binocular diplopia was diagnosed in 2020 when she went for a follow-up check at the SNEC for a contact lens-related complication.Such cases of binocular diplopia with no known cause used to be few and far between at SNEC, but they have risen in recent years, possibly due to excessive and uninterrupted screen time use on mobile phones, said Dr Ling, whose speciality is adult strabismus and paediatric ophthalmology.
His first episode of double vision happened in 2021 when he was doing a lot of physical activity but he thought it was due to tiredness. In September 2022, he experienced the same while he was doing exercises as part of his national service training. “I saw two versions of a person and didn’t know which was the real one,” he said.
She now uses bigger screens more and has tried to change her habits to cut down on screen time. “It’s not so intense , maybe like a few hours and not 12 hours straight,” she said.
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