Sino-Singapore Online, June 5 (Reporter Chen Jing) On the occasion of the National Eye Love Day, Professor Xu Xun, director of the National Eye Disease Clinical Medical Research Center, said in an interview on the 5th that due to the irregularity of early fundus disease examination A large number of patients did not get a diagnosis early, resulting in only a small number of patients receiving standardized and correct treatment. Xu Xun told reporters that the standard treatment rate for patients with fundus diseases in China is only 10%.
Fundus disease is the primary cause of irreversible blindness. In China, millions of people are newly diagnosed with fundus diseases every year. As the primary cause of irreversible blindness, patients with fundus diseases accounted for 54.7% of all blindness patients. People are more afraid of blindness than death. Fundus diseases bring heavy care and economic burden to families and society.
For fundus diseases, Xu Xun pointed out that early diagnosis and treatment is the key to improve the awareness and attention to fundus diseases. Photo courtesy of interviewees
"A lot of elderly people think that they are old, and poor eyesight is cataracts. It's good to have an operation in the future." Xu Xun said. Compared to cataracts, the condition of ocular fundus diseases is much more complicated. Although ocular fundus diseases are not as popular as cataracts, they cause great harm. Cataract is a gradual decline in vision, and many fundus diseases are suddenly blind, up to 20%.
It is reported that in China, there are a large number of patients with hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, and many of these chronic diseases will be reflected in the eye. Xu Xun mentioned that about one-third of the large number of diabetic patients in China have fundus lesions. In addition, mobile phones have constituted a major lifestyle change for people of all ages, and the resulting high myopia fundus and illness are also the main cause of blindness in the elderly.
Regarding fundus diseases, Xu Xun pointed out that early diagnosis and treatment are the key. Improving awareness and attention to fundus diseases. Regular visits to hospitals or self-testing with simple methods are very helpful for the prevention and treatment of fundus diseases. There are two ways to self-examine the fundus disease: one is to alternately close your eyes to see if the fixed objects in the home have visual changes, whether the straight line of the corner is "broken" or "curved"; the other is to use the Amsler watch At the time of self-examination, your eyes stare at the gaze point. Once you find that the straight line is bent and the square is twisted, you need to go to the hospital for a fundus examination as soon as possible. The expert pointed out that the sooner it is discovered and treated, the better the effect. Treatment within a month of onset and treatment after a few months delay, the effect is very different.
In the treatment of fundus diseases, Xu Xun said that the advent of anti-VEGF drugs has made milestone progress in diseases that could not be treated in the past, and can improve the vision of patients who have fallen to the bottom line to two or three rows of the visual acuity chart. He said that he may change from being a blind or close to a blind person back to a person who can take care of himself. The current medical insurance policy has covered this type of disease, and if it can be detected in time, the patient can be well treated."
But he also emphasized that compared with a large number of patients with fundus diseases, there are currently a serious shortage of Chinese specialists for fundus diseases. Accurate screening and smooth referral system can allow patients to receive precise treatment.
"At present, there are not enough hospitals that can diagnose and treat fundus diseases, including most of the grassroots hospitals, and the majority of patients there. They do not have good conditions for diagnosis and treatment, which also leads to many patients not receiving timely medical treatment and treatment." Xu Xun It is recommended that at the hospital level, we need to design better and more convenient processes to improve the patient's medical experience. (Finish)