13/03/2014
DON'T FORGET EYE TEST.
Allows you to assess, in the first hours of life, the presence of some eye diseases. A light source out of a device called ophthalmoscope, resembles a flesh light, and is observed the reflection that comes from the pupils. When the retina is hit by this light, healthy eyes reflect shades of red, orange or yellow. In some diseases, it is not possible to observe the reflection or their quality is bad, whitish. The comparison of the reflections of two eyes also provides important information, as differences of degree between the eyes or strabismus.Prevents eye test and diagnose diseases like retinopathy of prematurity, congenital cataracts, glaucoma, retinoblastoma, infections, birth trauma and blindness