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Operating a Paediatric Cataract

Post author:Plus91
Post published:August 15, 2017
Post category:for doctors

15th August 2017:

Doctor, we know that there is a latent period during which visual deprivation has no lasting effect on the vision of the deprived eye. After this latent period is over, the danger of permanent irreversible vision loss looms on the child. This week let’s look up the critical period after which parents should not delay pediatric cataract treatment any further. (more…)

Amblyopia due to Unilateral Cataract

Post author:Plus91
Post published:August 1, 2017
Post category:for doctors

1st August 2017:

We all know how the brain shuts down erroneous inputs coming from an eye ultimately leading to blindness in that eye. But did you know that the amblyopia developing in kids with bilateral cataract progresses differently than that of unilateral cataract?

It is important for parents of kids with unilateral cataract to know that they should seek treatment at the earliest rather than waiting for the cataract ‘to ripen’.

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