{"id":5301,"date":"2017-08-30T09:29:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T09:29:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyecliniclondon.com\/?p=2107"},"modified":"2025-03-28T01:37:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T01:37:56","slug":"eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/","title":{"rendered":"Congenital cataract symptoms, treatment and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congenital Cataracts: Symptoms And Treatments<\/h1>\n

Cataracts occur when the lens of the eye experience changes that cause it become opaque or cloudy. The condition often comes with age, but in certain cases, cataracts can be congenital, which means it can be inborn or inherited. When a newborn baby has congenital cataract, their vision is hampered.<\/p>\n

Symptoms of congenital cataracts<\/h3>\n

Congenital cataracts can be present when the baby is born, or develop as the baby grows older. It can affect one or both eyes and get bigger, resulting in the worsening vision of the child. Aside from poor vision, the cataracts can also cause the child\u2019s eyes to wobble and\/or or squint–a condition where the each eye is looking at a different direction than the other.<\/p>\n

It is routinary for hospitals to inspect a baby\u2019s eyes within 72 hours of birth and again at six to eight weeks old. The presence of congenital cataracts is usually identified after these tests are conducted.<\/p>\n

When should the child have cataract surgery?<\/h3>\n

Ideally, cataract surgery should be performed as soon as the condition is detected. This is especially true of the cataract is quite significant. Taking care of congenital cataract immediately increases the chances of your baby\u2019s vision system to develop normally. According to some experts, the removal of a visually significant cataract should normally be done within six weeks and three months.<\/p>\n

How congenital cataracts are treated<\/h3>\n

Often, congenital cataracts are very minimal and have little to no effect on a child\u2019s vision. However, if the cataract is significant and affects both eyes, they can hamper your child\u2019s normal sight development. If this is the case, surgery to remove the cataracts is usually recommended.<\/p>\n

Once the cataract is removed, the next step is to correct the child\u2019s vision. The affected lens may sometimes be replaced using surgically implanted lens. However, the most common vision solution for infants will be eyeglasses. In some cases, contact lenses may be used, depending on the need. It is absolutely important to apply vision correction right after cataract surgery<\/a> because without it, the child will still have poor vision. Likewise, normal infant vision development will also be affected.<\/p>\n

It can be difficult to predict how much your child\u2019s vision will be affected post-surgery, but a degree of reduced vision in the affected eye or eyes can be expected. That said, many children with congenital cataracts manage to live a full and normal life.<\/p>\n

For more information about congenital cataracts, or if you want to have your child checked for the condition, visit Eye Clinic London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/h3>\n

Congenital Cataracts, AllAboutVision.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s not usually possible to prevent cataracts, particularly those that are congenital. Learn more about cataract symptoms, treatment and more…\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":7558,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cataract","category-info-articles"],"yoast_head":"\nCongenital Cataracts: Symptoms And Treatments | Eye Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It's not usually possible to prevent cataracts, especially in those who suffer from congenital cataracts, but we can treat the condition to restore vision.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Congenital cataract symptoms, treatment and more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It's not usually possible to prevent cataracts, especially in those who suffer from congenital cataracts, but we can treat the condition to restore vision.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Samer Hamada | Eye Clinic London\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-30T09:29:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-28T01:37:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blog-eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment-Samer-Hamada-eye-clinic-london.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin Panel\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin Panel\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Congenital Cataracts: Symptoms And Treatments | Eye Clinic","description":"It's not usually possible to prevent cataracts, especially in those who suffer from congenital cataracts, but we can treat the condition to restore vision.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Congenital cataract symptoms, treatment and more","og_description":"It's not usually possible to prevent cataracts, especially in those who suffer from congenital cataracts, but we can treat the condition to restore vision.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/","og_site_name":"Samer Hamada | Eye Clinic London","article_published_time":"2017-08-30T09:29:02+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-03-28T01:37:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":900,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blog-eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment-Samer-Hamada-eye-clinic-london.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin Panel","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin Panel","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin Panel","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b82730fd73d59bbfc2dec229558760f1"},"headline":"Congenital cataract symptoms, treatment and more","datePublished":"2017-08-30T09:29:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-28T01:37:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/"},"wordCount":445,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blog-eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment-Samer-Hamada-eye-clinic-london.jpg","articleSection":["Cataract","Info Articles"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/","url":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/","name":"Congenital Cataracts: Symptoms And Treatments | Eye Clinic","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blog-eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment-Samer-Hamada-eye-clinic-london.jpg","datePublished":"2017-08-30T09:29:02+00:00","dateModified":"2025-03-28T01:37:56+00:00","description":"It's not usually possible to prevent cataracts, especially in those who suffer from congenital cataracts, but we can treat the condition to restore vision.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blog-eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment-Samer-Hamada-eye-clinic-london.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Blog-eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment-Samer-Hamada-eye-clinic-london.jpg","width":900,"height":500,"caption":"a smartly dressed elderly gentleman with glasses pondering whilst on his laptop"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/eye-clinic-london-congenital-cataract-symptoms-treatment\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Congenital cataract symptoms, treatment and more"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/","name":"Samer Hamada | Eye Clinic London","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Eye Clinic London","url":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/eyecliniclondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eye-clinic-london-logo-240.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/eyecliniclondon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Eye-clinic-london-logo-240.png","width":240,"height":60,"caption":"Eye Clinic London"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/b82730fd73d59bbfc2dec229558760f1","name":"Admin Panel"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eyecliniclondon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}