Here's a way to self-test your fundus health
Here's a way to self-test your fundus health
The interviewed expert, Tang Shibo, director of Aier Eye Research Institute, dean of Aier Ophthalmology, Central South University, and president of Aier Eye Hospital Group, is old.
I watched TV at night, and I just stayed up until 11 o'clock, and my hair became grayer and grayer
The skin has also become wrinkled...... Probably the last thing you want to admit is the fact that:
One day you'll grow old...... There are also people who will say
What's the big deal to eat when you're old,
It's time to drink~ I'm planning to travel around the world after retirement - but you do have to worry about it:
Will your eyesight be okay when you get old? The reason why I say this,
It is because of the macula in the natural aging process of the body, the most acute part of the human eye.
Aging degeneration can also occur.
Most likely, age-related macular degeneration has occurred.
This is a degenerative lesion of the body, and after getting the disease, you will lose sight in severe cases.
And vision cannot be restored.
Yes, that's it! So today we need to know the self-test and prevention methods of age-related macular degeneration.
On the retina of the human eye, there is a part called 'macula' that you may have to ask,
What is "macula"? Yes, yes, yes
Let's start with an introduction:
macula
This is a normal part of the fundus of the human eye, which anatomically contains a lot of pigments.
It is yellowish-brown in color, so ophthalmologists named it "macula".
It determines the most delicate part of our vision.
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Many people suffer from age-related macular degeneration
The world before me collapsed:
incomplete statistics,
There are more than 4 million macular degeneration patients over the age of 50 in China.
The question is,
Why does the macula appear – degeneration? There are several obvious risk factors:
"(1) Age:
As mentioned above,
The macula ages with age; The older you are over 45,
(2) Smoking:
According to some studies,
Smokers have a 7-12-fold increased risk compared with non-smokers (3) Light:
Excessive sun exposure
Long-term chronic photodamage to the macula (4) Three highs:
Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and poor glycemia control(5) Related lesions:
He had central retinitis and central serous chorioretinopathy when he was young
According to the available data, it will be easier to get macular degeneration, and it is conceivable that macular degeneration occurs due to various factors.
Some of our daily activities such as reading, cooking, and driving can be affected.
When you get old, your eyesight is not good, and you are prone to bumps, which will have a greater impact.
Next, here comes the key point - there are these prevention methods for age-related macular degeneration, and the name of the age-related macular degeneration correction (international certification) is "age-related macular degeneration".
That is, problems that arise with age.
It's a little scary to put it this way:
Does everyone get macular degeneration due to aging? Of course not! In fact, as long as we pay attention to the risk factors mentioned above,
You can avoid the visual damage caused by age-induced macular degeneration to a great extent~ Specifically, it is:
(1) Beware of excessive sun exposure, (2) Don't smoke and drink too much, (3) Control the three highs, (4) Have a past eye disease
To ensure that the disease has been cured or controlled, and, most importantly, to detect and treat it early
How can you find out about the disease? For example, Uncle Wang, who is 50 years old this year, has reached a dangerous age.
It's a good idea to get your eyes checked every year; Don't want to go to the hospital
You can also use a very simple method - Amsler Grid Self-Test:
1. Place the grid at a distance of 30 cm from eye level,
The light should be clear and even; 2. If you have presbyopia or myopia, you need to wear the original glasses for testing; 3. Cover one eye with your hand,
Test eye gaze at the center black dot of the grid table; 4. Repeat steps 1 to 3
Examination of the other eye; Once the grid table has an exception like this
Professor Tang said that everyone's understanding of macular degeneration is no better than that of glaucoma and cataract.
But be aware that:
Blindness from macular degeneration is irreversible! What is "irreversible"?
After blindness, vision can be restored by lens replacement surgery, which is called "reversible" blindness; macular degeneration
Blindness is blindness and surgery cannot be recovered, which is "irreversible".
But fear not – try the Amsler Grid Self-Test now.
If there is a problem, the ophthalmologist is here, now intervene,
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