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What is Congenital Glaucoma

Congenital glaucoma is a rare disease caused by rise of the pressure inside the eye of the newly born or infant. The rise of eye pressure in congenital glaucoma eyes, if left untreated, can seriously damage the eyesight by continuously presssing on the head of the optic nerve, the nerve responsible for transmitting the visual implulses seen by the eye to the brain.

If your child is diagnosed with congenital glaucoma, rest assured that everything possible will be done for the best outcome for his future at Dr Khalil Eye Clinic in Cairo, Egypt, a clinic with vast experience in dealing with this rare, but important type of glaucoma that can affect young children.

Congenital Glaucoma (Glaucoma in children) can be ‘primary’, meaning that it happens with no particular reason for it. This is termed ‘Primary Congenital Glaucoma’. Sometimes this condition can be inherited, if both parents carry some particular gene. Usually, this occurs if parents are relatives. Primary congenital glaucoma (glaucoma in infants with no other eye problem) is the most common cause of congenital glaucoma. Glaucoma usually affects both eyes of the baby or child but can affect only one eye in other cases.

Glaucoma in children can occur as a result of another eye problem. These types of children glaucoma are called ‘Secondary Glaucomas’. In infants, glaucoma that can occur after surgery for congenital cataracts. Other entities include Sturge-Weber Syndrome, Uveitis (eye inflammation), aniridia (absence of the iris) and Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome (otherwise known as ‘anterior segment dysgenesis’).

In congenital glaucoma cases, due to the elastic nature of the infant eye, it yields to pressure rise and swells gradually resulting in enlargement of the eye, and in more advanced cases, fluid is pushed through the cornea (the transparent part in front of the coloured iris), leading to its cloudiness and grayish discoloration. Because of this abnormal fluid inside the cornea, the infant becomes very intolerant to to bright light, and his eyes tearing

Dr Khalil has been very actively fighting congenital glaucoma for more than 15 years. He has successfully operated on more than 1000 surgeries for children with congenital glaucoma. This is one of the highest figures internationally for this rare disease. This is also due to many referrals from various primary and secondary care doctors and centers.

Eye of Cairo Clinic Services

We offer a wide range of eye care procedures

Comprehensive Eye Consultation

When you come to Dr Khalil Eye Clinic, you will have a full eye consultation, with comprehensive evaluation and discussion regarding your eye condition. Dr Ahmad Khalil will then give you advice on recommended investigations if needed and best course of management

Modern Cataract Surgery

Modern cataract surgery is truly a miracle of modern medicine. Thanks to huge leaps in both technique and technology, it has reached a new pinnacle of success. If your vision has faded as a result of cataracts, your likelihood of recovering more youthful vision with an operation to remove the cataract

Glaucoma and its Surgery

In recent years, the tools available for treating glaucoma, has undergone a phenomenal expansion, thanks to the development of new medicines, and new surgical techniques and devices. All has contributed immensely to the fight against this impeccable disease

Congenital Glaucoma

Dr Khalil has been fighting congenital glaucoma since 1998. He successfully operated more than 1200 cases, one of the highest figures internationally for this rare disease....As he is pioneering a successful surgical technique for the management of the difficult glaucoma in the newborn and infants

Laser Vision Correction

Today’s active lifestyle demands for visual performance that we can rely on, night and day, free of glassed and contact lenses. Some professions simply can not go well with glasses or contact lenses, like pilots, professional sportspeople and others. LASIK can offer glasses free excellent vision to most refractive vision errors

ICL Implantation

For higher levels of short- or long-sightedness or if the cornea is not suitable for LASIK vision correction, phakic lens implantation become the procedure of choice. Though the costier, the ICL has been demonstrated to obtain better visual outcomes compared to Lasik for higher degrees of errors

Keratoconus and Corneal Ectasia

Management of the conical cornea or keratoconus has made revolutionary leaps in past few years, mainly by the introduction of corneal cross linking (CXL), new surgical modalities like intra-corneal rings, and deep lamellar keratoplasty or corneal grafting.

Keratoplasty, Corneal Transplantation

Cornea transplant, or Keratoplasty, is a highly refined surgery, replacing a diseased and opaque cornea with a clear donor cornea. Keratoplasty can restore vision, reduce pain and improve the appearance of a diseased cornea

Laser Treatment of the retina

The laser is an instrument that produces a pure, high-intensity beam of light energy. The laser light can be precisely focused onto the retina (the light sensing tissue at the back of the eye), selectively treating the desired area while leaving the surrounding tissues untouched.

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Anti-VEGF Intravitreal Injections

An intravitreal injection is a procedure to place a medication directly into the space in the back of the eye called the vitreous cavity, near the retina. This is commonly used to treat retinal diseases such as diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration, macular edema, and retinal vein occlusion

Squint, strabismus

Though it happens more frequently among younger populations, it may also appear later in life. The misalignment may be permanent or it may be temporary, occurring occasionally, and can be in any direction: inward, outward, upward or downward. If the child is not treated at the appropriate time

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