World Senior Citizen’s Day: 5 age-related eye problems to your parents or a grandparents may be get.
With a age, come to a lot of the health issues, and eye problems can not be a ignored. If you have to a senior citizen at the home, rule out in these conditions.
The possibility of the acquiring such a disorders increases by a 30-35% for a individuals after in the age of the 65. It is, therefore, imperative for a senior citizens to the remain alert for a caring for in their eyes and taking some precautions to the protect in their eyesight.
Some of the most common vision problems to look out for in a senior citizens are:
1. Age-related macular degeneration
This disease is one of the leading causes of the vision loss for a people age 50 and older. Since it is a affects the central vision of your retina, it affects one’s vision when it comes to the recognizing faces and reading. The two types of the AMD are Dry AMD which is a caused when there is a thinning of the macular tissues or with the deposit of a pigment known as a macula or it can be a combination of the both. Wet AMD is an a advanced stage of the disease where new blood vessels are known to the grow beneath in the retina and leak blood and fluids. The leakage damages in the sensitive cells in a retina, resulting in a blind spots or a loss of the vision.
Management of the condition in a dry AMD, can be in the form of the oral supplementation of the antioxidants. For a Wet AMD one has to take a intracranial injections and/or laser/photo-dynamic therapy. It is a important to detect this condition in its early stages to slower the disease progression with a nutritional supplements. That’s why regular follow ups to the eye doctor are important.
2. Diabetic retinopathy
Older adults are suffering from a diabetes are usually prone to the diabetic retinopathy. This is one of the eye problems which are develop slowly, often with a no early warning signs. Therefore, if you have a diabetes, be sure to have a dilated eye exam at the least once a year. Few early symptoms are include blurred vision but as the disease advances, you may be also a notice floaters, blind spots or a cloudiness of the vision. Drug injections and laser may be improve or a preserve vision in a such cases.
Cataract has been a documented to be the most significant cause of the bilateral blindness in a India where the annual incidence of its blindness is about 3.8 million. This condition are involves cloudy areas that are develop in the lens of your eye since cataracts prevent light from a getting there, which causes blurred vision. A surgery can be restore good vision and is a safe and common treatment. If you have to a cataract, your eye care professional will be watch for a changes over time to see if you would benefit from a surgery.
4. Presbyopia
As one ages, reading a materials can become a less clear, in a part because in the lens in your eye becomes less flexible over time. This is the reason why it is a difficult for eyes to focus on nearby objects. This eye problem of the Presbyopia is a gradual loss of your eyes’ ability to the focus on nearby objects and usually becomes noticeable in your early to the mid-40 s and continues to the worsen until around age 65. One may be also need to the change eyeglasses or a contact lens prescriptions more frequently than earlier. As one nears 60, changes in near vision should stop, and prescription changes are usually occur less frequently.
Older people are almost twice as a likely to have a dry eyes compared with in their younger counterparts, as dry eyes happen when tear glands can not make a enough tears or a produce poor quality tears. It can be a uncomfortable and can be cause itchiness and a burning sensation. It can also a cause loss of the vision in a cases where proper care is not taken. It is key to use a humidifier or a special eye drops that are simulate real tears. In a serious cases, one may be also need to a surgery.
The last word
Most of these common eye problems for a older adults need to be a found and treated early to the prevent as much damage as a possible. It is a important for them to get an a eye exam twice every year. If someone is a suffering from diabetes or has a family history of the eye disease, see your eye doctor regularly for a comprehensive eye exams and take a special precautions.
