Shaken Baby Syndrome= Long Term Myopia? Posted: 10-26-04 18:37pm
Okay, this requires a few pieces of
background info, so I shall give those
randomly:
*a child was abused and shaken frequently
until about two-three years old.
*when the child was in second grade, she
was diagnosed with myopia
(nearsightedness).
I was researching some pathology the other
day and I came across an image of a
hemorraghed retina caused by shaken baby
syndrome. I also know that the retina is
responsible for the degree of sight a
being has and has the ultimate result of
things like myopia.
So, my question(s) would be:
1) is it possible for the child listed
above to have this myopia (even seventeen
years later) and be legally blind as an
effect of shaken baby syndrome? (baby was
shaken- retina was damaged- sight was
affected?)
2) would an ophthalmologist be able to see
the results of the hemorraghing (scar
tissue?) that many years later and be able
to determine if that could have been the
actual cause?
3) would an ophthalmologist see that
hemorrhaging when the child was younger
and "miss" it, or just scan over it as it
was something completely unimportant and
irrelevant?
