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How is Retinopathy Of Prematurity diagnosed?
See how Retinopathy Of Prematurity is diagnosed. Which specialists are essential to meet, what tests are needed and other useful information for the diagnosis of Retinopathy Of Prematurity
Babies born before 32 weeks and or less than 2lbs 10oz are most likely to develop ROP and so are tested by an ophthalmologist who actually needs to look inside the eye to check how the blood vessels are developing. It is not a pleasant process for the infant and causes quite some distress, they do have eye drops before to dilute the pupil and cause numbness.
Posted Jun 10, 2017 by Josie 2150
Screening happens shortly after birth and there are treatments now available that were not available to the babies (now in their 40s thru 60s) who were first diagnosed with this disease. So the (small) oldest group of adults who had ROP as babies who are consistently losing their vision may be the only ones who present with those symptoms...or not. No one knows.
Posted Sep 11, 2017 by Suzette 1850
