- Cataracts cloud vision, and babies need to see clearly to train their brains to use their eyes. Babies born with cataracts need a solution before they permanently lose their vision, reports the CHB.
- Doctors perform surgery to remove cataracts and, often, implant a contact lens behind the iris to give the eye the ability to focus, according to the CHB.
- Intraocular lens implantation gives children permanent vision correction, reports the Community Eye Health Journal. Some may consider this an easier solution than buying and replacing disposable contact lenses for a lifetime.
- After implantation, children may experience post-operative inflammation, which requires steroid treatment, according to the Community Eye Health Journal.
- In babies under age two, implantation may be difficult or ineffective because a baby's eyes grow rapidly. However, at Children's Hospital Boston, babies as young as six months old have undergone successful intraocular lens implantation.
- Some infants wear contact lenses instead of undergoing implantation, either permanently or until they are old enough for implantation, according to Dr. Natalia Uribe, of Children's Hospital Los Angeles in a December 2009 article on The Medical News website.
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