Symptoms of ocular fundus lesions in premature infants

Update Date: 2021-11-11 Source: Network

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Retinopathy of prematurity is an important cause of visual impairment and blindness in infants. All the children born within 28 weeks but less than 37 weeks of gestation are preterm infants with a birth weight of 1000 g to 2499 G. Let's talk about the symptoms of retinopathy in premature infants.

Symptoms of ocular fundus lesions in premature infants

Retinopathy of prematurity is a kind of retinal vascular disease that occurs in low birth weight premature infants. The main reason is that the retinal development of premature infants is not perfect at birth. Under the influence of many factors, retinal neovascularization is formed. This neovascularization is easy to proliferate into vitreous body and lead to retinal detachment. If it is not treated in time, it may be blind forever.

In the first and second stages, there will be some abnormalities in the retina compared with the normal newborn retina. However, there is no obvious neovascularization at this time, and there is no need for treatment. Most newborns will recover automatically, but they need to go to the hospital regularly, because there are still some newborns who will continue to develop to the third stage.

In the third stage, neovascularization began to appear in the retina of the sick children. At this time, the method of coagulation or retinal photocoagulation can be used to treat. Most of the sick children's conditions can be controlled and improved. But if not treated in time, the neovascularization will continue to proliferate, which will pull the retina, make the local retina detachment, and eventually lead to panretinal detachment, which is the change in the fourth and fifth stage.

matters needing attention

Eyes are the window of the soul. Every parent hopes that their baby will have a pair of healthy and bright eyes. However, in the growth of the baby, they may be troubled by eye diseases, which requires parents to be conscientious and pay more attention to the health of the baby's eyes.