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Photography in Paediatric Ophthalmology!

Photography has spread in our daily lives and it is now very easy to make high quality images, once mobile cameras are equipped with better and better lenses. Therefore, we are taking more and better pictures, and then sharing some of them in digital groups of friends and social media.

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Hidden signs of eventual disease in children

Healthy and full vision is necessarily acquired over childhood, supported by normal anatomical and physiological conditions during a child’s growth. It is therefore fundamental to perform vision screening during medical appointment for detecting some more or less prevalent pathology — read more in ophthalmology — whose lack of treatment will interfere in visual function balance.

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Covid-19

COVID-19 and Ophthalmology

Coronavirus is viral family that may cause human illness. Infection may be similar to common flue or present itself as something more severe, like pneumonia. The new type of virus we nowadays face as part of this pandemic is called SARS-CoV-2, an RNA virus that causes COVID-19 – lung disease manifesting from soft to severe and potentially fatal ways. Exposed people may present symptoms between 2nd and the 14th day after exposition, including fever, coughing and breathlessness.

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Coronavirus COVID-19 – temporary activity suspension

Due to the recent COVID-19 pandemic declaration, and as a result of high transmissibility levels followed by quick dissemination among population, we inform that we are temporary suspending programed activities regarding appointments and surgeries. This applies to treatments that can be postponed with no prejudice of short, medium or long-term visual health.

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App COESO - Especialista de Oftalmologia

COESO – New App to Find The Best Ophthalmology Specialised Offices

COESO is a doctors’ ophthalmologist association originally created by Portuguese Society of Ophthalmology whose managers are members of this society. The first aim is creating a national ophthalmologist network to promote the distribution of medical offices all around the country, thus contributing to territorial transformation and assuring an effective and efficient primary care network.

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Surgeriy for Complex Types of Strabismus

Last 5th December 2019 a strabismus course took place during the 62nd Portuguese Congress of Ophthalmology. It was subordinated to the topic “Surgeries for complex types of strabismus and organised by Paediatric and Strabismus Ophthalmology Unit (PSOU) from Ophthalmology Service from Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João.

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Trauma Ocular em Idade Pediátrica

Eye Trauma in Paediatric Age

Eye trauma is a medical problem that may affect future quality life due to the unpredictable nature of an eye injury as well as to associated visual loss risk. Children are especially susceptible, with eye trauma being one of the main monocular blindness causes in paediatric age.

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