How do children check the fundus?

The importance of a pair of bright and healthy eyes goes without saying. In order to ensure health, many newborns will have fundus examination, but many people are not familiar with fundus examination, and many parents are very concerned about how to do it.

Many newborns have immature blood vessels in the retina, which is prone to retinopathy. When this lesion occurs, the child's eyes will not have an abnormal appearance, because the changes in the fundus are invisible in appearance, so parents are also prone to negligence. For neonatal retinopathy, many parents need to attach great importance to it, and regularly screen their children's fundus for early detection and treatment.

4-6 weeks after birth, detailed fundus examination should be carried out. The diagnosis, prevention and treatment of neonatal retinopathy need to be examined by experienced pediatricians and ophthalmologists, and parents can't interfere. Fundus examination should be done at birth, about five weeks after birth. In addition, every 1-2 weeks, you need to take your child to the hospital for fundus examination until the retina is fully developed.

Screening the newborn's fundus will cause some uncomfortable reactions and crying, but parents can rest assured that this phenomenon will not cause any harm to their children's eyes and body. The process of fundus examination is to drop a drop of anesthetic eye drops in the baby's eyes, then turn the child's eyelids over and wait for the doctor to check. Parents should be patient even after fundus screening. If there is no pathological reaction in the child's fundus, parents can't ignore it and should insist on screening the child's fundus.