When thought  of glaucoma, almost every individual will name it as a progressive age disorder that proceeds by showing hardly any symptoms. But did you that glaucoma has the potential to affect children too?

Although rare, but glaucoma affecting babies and young children are called congenital glaucoma or infantile glaucoma.

Pediatric glaucoma advances very aggressively, unlike adult glaucoma. The two types of childhood glaucoma are;

Primary Congenital Glaucoma-

This accounts for around 50% to 70% of infantile glaucoma. That is, it affects approximately 1 in every 10000 children.

About 18% of childhood blindness results when primary congenital glaucoma is left untreated.

Primary congenital glaucoma, as the name suggests, occurs from not any secondary reason, and it is present congenitally from birth.

Secondary Pediatric Glaucoma-

This may occur as an incident of previous injuries, congenital cataracts, surgeries, or any other ocular condition.

Children having these problems develop a higher risk of acquiring glaucoma.