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Retina of prematurity
My daughter is been under rop test once in every two weeks and during her last check up she was adviced to have follow up after a month . The feedback is zone 3 immature vessels and no plus. Doctor said this will eventually go off once she puts on weight. And considering this pandemic I am scared to take her to hospital, can I delay this follow up check up since this is in regression stage.please advice
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Dr. Arpita Naskar
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7 yrs exp
Kolkata
U cannot postpone the visit.. I don’t know ur child’s exact gestational age at present. Till 40 weeks of g. a. Ur child needs close follow up.
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After every 2 weeks follow up needed till 40 wks of age
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