Is cataract hereditary?

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We know that congenital cataract is a very dangerous disease. And this disease is also called developmental cataract. Patients with congenital cataract often exist before and after birth. And often congenital cataract is static type. Further treatment is needed. And congenital cataract is often associated with genetic diseases

Is cataract hereditary?

Congenital cataract can be inherited. Congenital cataract is a disease with a high incidence of neonatal diseases, which is easy to cause blindness or amblyopia. The occurrence of the disease has a great relationship with chromosome dominant inheritance. If the patient is a close relative, the probability of getting sick will be increased.

However, some patients' diseases are caused by intergenerational inheritance and recessive inheritance, so congenital cataract will be inherited. Of course, some patients are caused by fetal dysplasia, such as viral infection during pregnancy, viral infection will cause fetal dysplasia.

Now patients do not worry, before pregnancy can do the examination, if there is no genetic or chromosomal type of disease, can be normal pregnancy, patients in pregnancy to do the corresponding examination, after the birth of the fetus also want to do the congenital disease test in time, when there is a problem, timely treatment.

matters needing attention

At present, congenital cataract can be treated, according to the patient's condition, the symptoms will be different, so the treatment of patients will also be different, but congenital cataract take surgical treatment, after suffering from disease can first go to the hospital for examination, meet the operation requirements before treatment.