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toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis

by habibawan, Mar 01, 2008 09:55AM
hello, i,m from pakistan, my son was born in August1999 , his responses to objects were not normal as observed by me , so i went to seek medical help from opthomolgists who after examining him declared that the baby is victum of toxoplasmosis chorioretinitis, since then a little improvement has been experinced in the vision but still at the age of about 9 yrs my son is still unable to read a book or cant see a hand wen asked to shake hand...
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1 do we have any retinal replacement or transplant or implant in this case?
2. if yes, where ? n wat are the expenses aprroximately?
i shall be very grateful
than n bye
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by John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, Mar 01, 2008 03:09PM
The retina cannot be replaced or transplanted. You should have him see yearly by an eye MD ophthalmologist to try and preserve what sight he has and work with special education to let him develop to the fullest in spite of his visual handicap.

JCH III MD
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