What causes high intraocular pressure in children?

Children are a relatively weak group. Since they cannot clearly express their physical symptoms to adults, they especially need careful care from adults on a daily basis. People often say that children's eyes are clean and clear, but this does not mean that children will not have eye symptoms. Symptoms of high intraocular pressure may occur in any group. So what causes high intraocular pressure in children?

1. What is abnormal intraocular pressure?

Answer: The normal intraocular pressure is 10-20 mmHg. Children whose intraocular pressure is higher than this value need to be alert.

2.What is the worst case scenario for high intraocular pressure?

Answer: It’s glaucoma. A chronic eye disease that can cause blindness.

3. What are the symptoms of glaucoma in children?

Answer: Most infants, young children, and adolescents with glaucoma do not have any symptoms in the early stages.

4. Will mydriasis cause glaucoma in children?

Answer: Generally not.

But there is one type of glaucoma that cannot dilate the pupil: angle-closure glaucoma. Because mydriasis can trigger an acute attack of angle-closure glaucoma. Angle-closure glaucoma is extremely rare in children.

5. What causes glaucoma in children?

Answer: Childhood glaucoma (including juvenile glaucoma) is usually due to a genetic abnormality, but the onset time varies. Therefore, children with a family history of glaucoma need early examination. Some children have used hormones (including oral, infusion, and topical) for treatment purposes, which may cause steroid-induced glaucoma. Eye trauma.

6.Does high intraocular pressure mean glaucoma?

Answer: Not necessarily.

Factors that may cause false intraocular pressure increase include: nervousness, squinting during measurement, crying, and thick and hard sclera or cornea.

7. How to differentiate high intraocular pressure from glaucoma?

Answer: If there is increased intraocular pressure and "progressive atrophy of the optic nerve", it can be determined as glaucoma.

Since optic nerve atrophy usually occurs in the late stage of the disease, some modern examinations such as OCT, visual field, electrophysiology, etc. can help us detect glaucoma earlier.

8. How should glaucoma be treated if discovered?

Answer: In one sentence: seek treatment as early as possible.

Glaucoma is a chronic eye disease that most patients require lifelong treatment and follow-up. However, if it can be detected and treated early, vision can be preserved to the greatest extent possible.

With the development of science and technology, more and more treatment methods (including drugs and surgery) have emerged. I believe there will be more and better technologies for treatment in the future.