WHAT IS CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA?

1. Congenital glaucoma is a disease where high fluid pressure in your eye damages the optic nerve.
2. It affects children between birth and three years largely and untreated cases are a major cause of childhood blindness.
3. In a healthy eye, the fluid provides proper pressure and brings in nutrients. But in congenital glaucoma, the fluid doesn't drain properly and the build-up makes eye pressure rise.
4. If a baby's eye cells and tissues don't grow properly, the baby can have trouble with drainage after it is born.
5. About twice as many boys as girls are born with it. Most of the time, it affects both the eyes.

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