Glaucoma can affect babies, too

Glaucoma is an eye disease where fluid builds up inside the eye, creating pressure that damages the optic nerve and leads to vision loss. Glaucoma is largely diagnosed in the elderly people over 60 years. Thus, many people take it as a disease of elderly. But it can affect infants and children as well.
A baby can be born with glaucoma called congenital glaucoma or developed it after birth. Congenital glaucoma can occur as part of a syndrome of birth defects or due to unknown aetiology. In other cases, an older child develops glaucoma because of trauma to the eye, use of steroid eye drops, or surgery for a different eye condition, such as cataracts.
An infant with glaucoma may have symptoms like eyelid spasms, hazy eye, sensitivity to light and excessive tearing. Urgent action is required to prevent irreversible vision loss.