Cataract is a disease that leads to an apparent visual acuity reduction and may provide for a full loss of visual acuity without proper treatment. Cataracts in children are often congenital.
You can’t possibly cure cataract only by various drops.
Our pediatric ophthalmologists diagnose congenital cataract in patients of 1-2 years. We apply medical sleep for such patients to specify the diagnosis and define possible combined eye pathology in the child. Examination of patients in medical sleep also allows us to make the examinations necessary for the next individual selection of intraocular lens to replace the deleted blurry eye-lens.
Parents have to be aware of the fact that cataract can be diagnosed only by ophthalmologist. It is almost impossible to detect this disease domiciliary. Therefore it is very important to visit your pediatric ophthalmologist regularly.
We often detect strabismus in newborn babies that occurs along with congenital cataract.
Cataract in older children is accompanied by a significant reduction of vision acuity – amblyopia (the so called lazy eye). This happens because the retina does not receive information about the outer world through the blurry eye lens. Therefore the eye becomes not trained to look. Unfortunately, we have seen the cases when the congenital cataract in child was treated as amblyopia instead of conduction of a timely surgery.
We developed a three-phase treatment system for congenital cataract in children.
We especially emphasize the big role of a correct selection of intraocular lens for a child. We simultaneously implant the artificial eye-lens after the deletion of the blurry lens, select special pediatric lenses that rapidly enhance the child’s visual acuity immediately after the operation.
Conservative treatment after the operation plays important role in the improvement of visual acuity and full rehabilitation after the operation.
If the cataract surgery is done in a timely manner and a conservative treatment courses are conducted, we can avoid complications and loss of vision acuity in 99% of the cases in children with acquired or congenital cataract.
