Chronic pain: Pain (an unpleasant sense of discomfort) that persists or progresses over a long period of time. In contrast to acute pain that arises suddenly in response to a specific injury and is usually treatable, chronic pain persists over time and is often resistant to medical treatments.
Common causes of the condition include: 1  Muscle imbalance (strabismus). The most common cause of lazy eye is an imbalance in the muscles that position the eyes. 2  Difference in sharpness of vision between the eyes (refractive anisometropia).
Eyeglasses or contact lenses can't fully correct the reduced vision caused by lazy eye. Astigmatism. A vision condition that causes blurred vision due either to the irregular shape of the cornea (the clear front cover of the eye) or sometimes the curvature of the lens inside the eye. Blepharitis. An inflammation of the eyelids and eyelashes causing red, irritated, itchy eyelids and dandruff-like scales on eyelashes.