Practical and easy-to-understand guidance for patients and families — covering daily eye care, childhood eye conditions, diabetic retinopathy and childhood glaucoma.
Essential information for safe eye care, treatment compliance, warning signs and post-operative recovery.
The principal goal of patient education is to facilitate a change in behaviour.
Basic practices patients should understand and follow.
Important warning symptoms.
Practical guidance following treatment.
Long-term medication and compliance guidance.
When nurses value patient education and are able to implement it into practice, patients will be better prepared for assuming their own health care responsibilities.
Understanding risk factors, preventable causes and the importance of early identification, counseling and treatment.
Maternal, nutritional and neonatal factors that require attention.
Important conditions associated with childhood visual loss.
Explanatory Note: Opacity in the lens of the eye leading to gradual diminution of vision.
Important figures from the educational material.
Every 4 minutes child goes blind.
Approximately 5,00,000 blind children per year.
About half of them die within one or two years of becoming blind.
Children have more blind person years than adults.
Understanding retinal changes in diabetes, treatment options and the importance of regular eye examinations.
Every Diabetic is at risk of blindness. All diabetic need regular eye examination.
Laser, surgery, investigation and counseling.
Important retinal findings and disease considerations.
Screening and follow-up guidance.
Figures included in the patient education material.
Understanding congenital glaucoma, its symptoms, surgical treatment and long-term follow-up.
Key facts about glaucoma in children.
Common signs seen in affected children.
Surgical management of childhood glaucoma.
Regular monitoring remains essential.
Some changes may remain even after treatment.
Prepared by Dr. Jitendra Jethani — Pediatric Ophthalmologist.
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