What can I expect if my child has a coloboma?

What can I expect if my child has a coloboma?

How much a coloboma affects your child’s life depends on where it is in their eye. Many people with colobomas never have any symptoms and can live their whole lives without any complications. Other people’s vision is affected from birth.

Even if a coloboma impairs your child’s sight, it isn’t fatal and can’t spread.

Very rarely, a coloboma is a sign of what’s known as CHARGE syndrome — a genetic syndrome that can be life-threatening. Talk to your provider or ophthalmologist about your baby’s risk and what you and your child should expect as they grow and develop.