Patient's question:
Medical Description: A 3-month-old child has now been found to have difficulty seeing, and this condition is suspected to be congenital eye blindness or some other cause. There were no previous indications of this issue. After hospital examination, the cause could not be confirmed!History of Treatment and Effect: Initially, the child was observed spitting up milk and refusing to eat. When taken to the hospital, the doctors said that not eating was a minor issue, but the main problem was related to the eyes. However, the specific issue remained unclear!
Help Needed: We hope experts can provide assistance.
Doctor's answer:
Infantile congenital blindness may be caused by genetic factors, but we will not elaborate on genetic factors here. In addition to the influence of genetic factors that cause infants to be unable to see from birth, it is also related to viral infections during pregnancy, taking some drugs with side effects, or poor lifestyle habits of the mother. In many cases, maternal illness does not affect the fetus because there is a placenta between the mother and the fetus, which protects the fetus from too much external influence. However, during the first three months of pregnancy, the function of the placenta is weaker and cannot provide good protection, which may allow viruses to affect the fetus. Viruses that can cause blindness in the fetus include rubella virus, cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex virus, etc.