WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatment of primary congenital glaucoma, an eye disease that affects children between the age of birth and 3 years.

Children with serious eye conditions are at an increased risk of developing mental health conditions, including schizophrenia, anxiety, depression and bipolar.

Cook was born with an inherited retinal disorder that causes blindness, a rare type of eye disorder historically called Leber congenital amaurosis or LCA.

Children born out of consanguineous marriages run a higher risk of getting Hereditary Eye Diseases (HEDs). The HEDs pose a significant health challenge in regions, where marriages between close ...

Several rare diseases make up the condition known as inherited retinal dystrophy. Learn about their causes, symptoms, and treatments.

Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice.

Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher.

Sight loss in certain inherited eye diseases may be caused by gut bacteria, and is potentially treatable by antimicrobials, finds a new study in mice co-led by a UCL and Moorfields researcher.

Ehsan Vaghefi, CEO and co-founder of Toku, grew up with a blind father who lost eyesight at the age of four due to congenital glaucoma. As a result of ...

Importantly, congenital cataracts which do get worse in childhood (as is the story for Marie-Laure) are more likely to be due to conditions that affect other parts of the body, and so it is ...

Congenital glaucoma describes a rare group of diseases that affect the eyes from birth. When a newborn has glaucoma, the fluid in the eye does not drain properly, placing pressure on the optic nerve.