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Oh Baby! Infant Cataracts a Worse Problem Than Thought
ABCNews -- At seven months, Carter Moll liked to be held close to his parents' cheeks. He liked to feel their warm breath and their features as he ran both of his hands down their faces. "It reminded us of something a blind person would do," said Carter's mother, Susannah Moll, of Madison, Wisc. A routine well-baby exam when Carter was born showed normal development of his vision. But then Moll noticed that her baby's left eye began turning inward. She took Carter to his pediatrician, who in turn referred him to an ophthalmologist. What the opthalmologist found was something that would be startling to most -- Carter had cataracts in both eyes. Cataracts -- a clouding in the lenses of the eyes -- are a condition more often associated with older...
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11.23.09 - Updated 11:11pm ET
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