Congenital glaucoma is a disease that affects the child''s eye just before or after birth, and is caused by high intraocular pressure in this early stage in which the eye''s tissues are very flexible, which leads to the child''s eye to grow abnormally, and at this stage the parents are often deceived by the perception that this size The large eye is a sign of beauty, and when the effect of pressure increases, the fluid inside the eye begins to seep into the cornea, which leads to severe tear in the eye when exposed to light, and also on partial or total opacity of the cornea, which appears as a gray or blue color in the cornea, which is the central part of the surface of the eye from the outside.
Glaucoma can occur in children without a clear reason, and in this case we call it primary glaucoma (that is, it is not due to the presence of another disease in the eye of a child with glaucoma) and it is possible that there is a genetic factor, i.e. due to genes inherited from the father or mother, and this occurs more with marriage Relatives.
This primary congenital glaucoma is the most common type of glaucoma in children, and is usually present in the eyes, and in some cases the child''s glaucoma is present only in one eye.
It is also possible for the child to develop congenital glaucoma as a result of another disease in the child’s eye or after performing operations in the child’s eye, especially after cataract or congenital cataract. Each case of children’s glaucoma will have its own treatment methods, and Dr. Ahmed Khalil will do a full examination Which is usually done under anesthesia in the operating room, determining the correct way to treat every case of glaucoma in a child.
Dr. Ahmed Khalil specialized in treating congenital blue water or congenital glaucoma in children, starting in 1998 after his return from Japan, where he began for the first time in Egypt and the Middle East to use precise Japanese machines designed for children''s eyes in performing blue water operations for children, and for more than twenty years He performed congenital glaucoma or glaucoma operations for more than a thousand and two hundred children where cases of children with glaucoma are referred to him from colleagues and specialized centers, and most of them follow up after the success of congenital glaucoma operations he performed for them, and many of them exceed the age of twenty now and enjoy a good vision thanks to God after the success Blue water operation conducted by Dr. Ahmed Khalil after birth
