Diseases of view are directly dependent on the development of civilization: the closer our communion with all sorts of gadgets, the worse we are seeing what is happening around. At the same time technical progress – it’s not just computers and iPads, it’s also a new medical technology. Thanks to them, today addressed health problems that were considered completely intractable several years ago. That can interfere with seeing the world with eyes wide open and how to preserve vision for many years, says ophthalmologist capital clinical diagnostic center MEDSI on Belarusian Sergey Verzilin.
– In the past few years in everyday life have become part of many computer gadgets, which each of us uses every day from morning to evening. Does it affect eye health?
– In fact, the impact of modern technology on the health of the eye is not as high as one might think. Although, of course, to obtain information from the electronic media is much more harmful than reading a traditional paper book. Fans of the TV may feel more secure than those who prefer to spend time on the vast World Wide Web. However, watch your favorite TV show is better in bright light, but not in the dark, as is preferred by many.
– If electronic gadgets do not lead to a significant loss of vision, what are the main threat to the health of the eye? Who today is at risk?
– Primarily at risk are the people with hypertension and diabetes: the background of these diseases often occur hypertensive or diabetic angiopathy – change retinal vessels. Patients with these diagnoses is advisable to watch your main problem, but, in addition to ongoing monitoring by a cardiologist or endocrinologist every six months they should be checked and vision.
– You work in ophthalmology for over 30 years. That during this time changed in terms of the nature and course of eye diseases?
– There is good news and bad. On the one hand, advanced cases of glaucoma are much less common today than ever before. People watching the vision problems can be detected at an early stage, which means that the time to begin to take action. As a result, people have long can retain the ability to see. On the other hand, age-related macular degeneration was “rejuvenated” – today this disappointing diagnosed at a very young age, after 30 Moreover, this tendency is observed not only in Russia but throughout the world.
– How to avoid serious diseases?
– Recipe not new: it is necessary for the prevention of times a year to visit an ophthalmologist, even if you think that you can see everything is fine. Many diseases are initially did not appear at the level of subjective feelings, but on inspection in the office of a doctor to diagnose them is already possible.
– However, preventive examinations often give the impression surface. What can you find in 10 minutes of reception?
– Compared with the state medical institutions the time allotted for the examination of each patient, MEDSI increased more than twice. If the urban clinics, it is 12 minutes, then we – 25-30 minutes. And the examination is carried out on a modern high-tech equipment.
Ophthalmologist Sergey Verzilin
– There are many recipes for popular folk improve vision. Someone eats blueberries, someone drinking carrot juice with cream. Do this by preventing the real benefit?
– Natural vitamins and minerals as part of this fruit is really a beneficial effect on vision. But the effect of their use is not so great. In addition, many people are so addicted to eating carrots, they turn yellow skin or eyes. In general, to give advice on health food, not knowing the individual patient, is not entirely correct. Least because a person may have, and other diseases in which the same carrot will do more harm than good.
– By popular recipes are often used out of fear of radical measures – for example, before surgery. How effective are now conservative methods in the treatment of?
– all depends on the stage of the disease. Speaking of glaucoma, the early stages of assigned drop that reduce intraocular pressure, and many such therapy helps many years. If conservative treatment does not give significant results, it is necessary to resort to surgery.
– What is unique treatments in your clinic?
– Department of Ophthalmology at the CDC MEDSI Belarusian equipped with the latest high-tech equipment that enables us to do the delicate, little traumatic surgery, for example, about the same glaucoma or cataract (phacoemulsification method). One of the major advantages of the clinic is that there is an opportunity, in addition to conventional ophthalmic manipulation, carry out the procedure for cleaning and improving the blood (plasmapheresis, reoferez). With the help of extracorporeal treatment fails to work on the underlying disease, and because of this – on the whole body.
Ivan Melnikov
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