Retinopathy of prematurity is a disease of undeveloped retina. It affects prematurely born children (before 32nd week and especially before 27th) whose retinal vessels aren’t entirely developed. Their development isn’t proper after labour. It leads to fibrous change in retinal vessels and in vitreous body. This results in retinal detachment. Those changes may cause severe vision disorder, including blindness.
Other types of retinopathy
Retinopathy includes other than premature babies groups as well. We can mention f. ex. retinitis pigmentosa. It is one of hereditary forms of retina degenerative diseases. First symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa occur at a young age. In this case, complete blindness is very uncommon. Diabetic retinopathy is characterised by retinal degeneration caused by diabetes sequelae. Those lead to small, among others retinal, blood vessels damage.
People who have retinopathy choose very individual magnifier configuration. It depends on retinal damage grade. It sometimes is screen with very high brightness. Combination of yellow and black or blue is chosen frequently.