ABSTRACT
Cataract, glaucoma, retinoblastoma and stenoses of the lacrimal passages are diseases that a carefully examining pediatrician will be able to detect at his work in the child-welfare centre or during his outpatient consulting hours. The timely treatment of the cataract (operation and subsequent optical correction) and of the infantile glaucoma (mostly fistulizing operation) is crucial to the future development of the virus. Retinoblastomas that often only at an advanced stage are identified and then will be remarkable by a greyish white pupillary reflex ("amaurotic cat's eye") in many cases make enucleation indispensably necessary. The frequently occurring stenoses of the lacrimal passages are to be pretreated with local antibiotic therapy and eliminated by subsequent probing.
Subject(s)
Eye Diseases/diagnosis , Referral and Consultation , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Infant , Infant, NewbornABSTRACT
In the 1st part, the conditions for the coordinated use of both eyes are described. Strabism continues to be the major reason for disorders of binocular vision. Particularly, causes, simple diagnostic procedures and therapy of infantile squint (soncomitant strabismus) and of paretic squint are reported in detail. Further, ocular nystagmus as ocular symptom of diverse motor and sensorial disturbances is classified and described. Finally, the most important forms of congenital, myogenic, senile, traumatic and neurological ptosis are presented and the time of therapeutic approach is fixed.
