As we all know, cataracts are common diseases and multiple diseases of middle-aged and elderly people, but it is not a special disease of middle-aged and elderly people, children will also get cataracts, and surgical operations will be more difficult and more complicated. Recently, Xiaolin (pseudonym), a 7-year-old boy, accompanied by his parents, came to Kunming Aier Eye Hospital for treatment. They hope to solve the child's congenital cataract problem through the doctor's clever hand and regain light and self-confidence.
Yang Jianyu checks the child's eyes.
Xiaolin has gone to primary school this year, and in order to treat his eyes, this time he took a special leave of absence to kunming. "Now when he's writing his homework, he has to lie very close, and he has to tilt his head in class to see some of the words on the blackboard." The child is very heartbroken by this, and we don't want to wait for the child to take the summer vacation. Xiaolin's mother introduced that when the child was 1 year old, he liked to tilt his head and squint at things, limited to local medical conditions, and the cause had not been found. It was not until the age of 3 that they took the child to a higher-level hospital for examination that they were diagnosed with "binocular congenital cataracts".
Congenital cataract refers to the congenital genetic or developmental disorders that exist before and after birth or gradually form after birth, which is a more common childhood eye disease and can seriously affect children's visual development. In general, congenital cataracts are recommended for early detection, early diagnosis, and early treatment. If treatment is not carried out in time, it is more likely to cause the occurrence of amblyopia in children, and after amblyopia develops to a certain age, treatment will be relatively difficult. It was precisely because Xiaolin missed the best treatment time that he was eventually diagnosed with "binocular congenital cataract + binocular shape deprivation amblyopia".
"At that time, the doctor told us that the child's surgery was more complicated, so let's slow down and wait for the big experts to come to the hospital to do the operation." Later, for various reasons, the child's surgery was delayed, and the impact of congenital cataracts was increasing day by day. Xiaolin's mother introduced: "After going to school, the child obviously feels that he is different from others, becomes more inferior, and does not like to talk. We know we can't delay any longer. ”
Yang Jianyu checks the child's eyes.
After a detailed examination, under the premise of meeting the surgical conditions, Yang Jianyu, director of the Department of Cataract and Glaucoma at Kunming Aier Eye Hospital, formulated an operation plan for Xiaolin. After the operation, Xiaolin's preoperative left eye vision increased from 20cm (20 cm from the face to see the number of fingers) to 0.12 after surgery (the second row of the eye chart). "Surgery only solves the problem of congenital cataracts, and further improvement of vision requires methods such as amblyopia training." Yang Jianyu said.
Yang Jianyu suggested that if you find that your child is afraid of light, squinting or squinting his eyes, tilting his head to see things, parents must be vigilant and should take their children to the hospital for examination as soon as possible. In addition, congenital cataracts have a certain hereditary nature, if the child's parents also have congenital cataracts, it is necessary to pay more attention to it and check as soon as possible. (Xu Shanwen/Photo)
(Editor-in-charge: Mu Shengyu, Zhu Hongxia)
【Source: People's Daily News】