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On the occasion of Grandmother's Day and Grandfather's Day - let's not forget the eyes!

MedExpress Team

Medexpress

Published Jan. 21, 2025 08:01

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Sight is one of the most important senses, and as we age, there are numerous changes in the structure of the eye that affect the quality of vision. This is especially true for people over 55, making it difficult for them to carry out daily activities, causing difficulties in mobility, increasing the risk of accidents, and affecting independence and self-reliance. There are more than 9.8 million people over the age of 60 in Poland, and it is to them that we are making our appeal today, as part of the Keep Your Sight campaign - Let's not forget about the eyes! Take care of the health of your loved ones through prevention and regular eye examinations at the ophthalmologist.

Age-related eye diseases will be more common

As shown in the publication How Poles see - a policy brief - document compiled by Filip Raciborski, MD, and Anna Klak, MD, from the Faculty of Health Sciences at WUM, with the support of the national consultant for ophthalmology, Professor Marek Rękas, the epidemiological situation is changing and the number of people struggling with eye diseases, with a particular focus on retinal diseases, is increasing. Currently, one in four Poles is 60 years old, and in 2050 it will be one in three. Therefore, one of our society's more common eye disease problems will be age-related macular degeneration (AMD) - a chronic and progressive disease of the central part of the retina, developing most often in older people. In Poland, about 1.5 million people suffer from AMD, annually nAMD (exudative form of AMD) affects about 14 thousand people, the ill are approx. 140 thousand.

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