Test of little eyes can avoid 80% of blindness
17/08/2011
This article was translated by an automatic translation system, and was therefore not reviewed by people.
Carolina Gonçalves
Reporter Agency Brazil
Rio de Janeiro - Every minute a child goes blind in the world, according to estimates released by the Brazilian Society of Pediatric Ophthalmology. The institution estimated that in Brazil there are approximately 25 000 blind children. Experts believe that 80% of cases of blindness in the world could be avoided.
The Test of little eyes, little known by parents, can detect many eye disease in its infancy. The survey pointed to by oftalmopediatras as a simple and rapid, an early diagnosis of cataract, congenital glaucoma, corneal opacities, large intraocular tumors, intraocular inflammation or intravitreal hemorrhages, even in newborns before discharge from the hospital.
For the neurologist Saul Cypel, Foundation Maria Cecilia Souto Vidigal, an organization that disseminates information about the integral development of children up to three years, the examination can minimize the impacts of the disease over time.
"You can avoid a significant drop of vision or even blindness if an early diagnosis and treatment more immediate measures. Suppose you have a child in which you made the diagnosis of a congenital cataract, the earlier you act in the treatment of cataracts, the best position to develop the vision the child will have. "
The test is done in a darkened room where the doctor lights the eye of the newborn with a beam of light. If there is any obstruction or problem, the child's eye reflects a red glow, like what happens in photographs.
Even before the beneficial relationship pointed out by doctors in just ten states in the country, the examination is mandatory in public health. Saul Cypel added that the test is known in Brazil for almost a decade, only became mandatory for health plans in 2010.
According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Health, Test little eyes Network is included in Stork, a campaign launched in March this year to early diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of children and "to carry out these tests is encouraged by the Ministry of Health at the stage initial life. "
In a statement, the ministry also stressed that "since 1989, the Unified Health System (SUS) covers the testing methods to identify any changes in eye patients, or in newborns, children, adolescents, adults or seniors" and that " all tests, in addition to monitoring and medical care, are offered free to the public by the SUS. "
Source: Agencia Brazil
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