Patient's question:
The daughter of my sister was born with this disease. What should we do about this infantile glaucoma? Hello, is there a way to treat this? Besides, is this condition inherited across generations in the family? But my parents don't have this issue! I'm very worried about whether my future child might have this too.Doctor's answer:
Infant glaucoma patients, due to their young age, cannot or cannot clearly express the symptoms. If parents do not pay attention, diagnosis can be easily delayed. If this disease can be diagnosed early and treated surgically early, the condition of the vast majority of patients can be controlled, thereby preventing further harm to vision. Therefore, for infants with photophobia, tearing, eyelid spasms, and large corneas of unknown cause, parents should be alert to the possibility of congenital glaucoma in infants and seek further careful examination at the hospital as soon as possible. Postoperative patients still require long-term and irregular medical treatment and close observation. Even after treatment, if intraocular pressure is controlled, amblyopia often occurs in the affected eye and requires timely treatment for amblyopia.