China News Service, Wuhan, November 14 (Reporter Yan Xiaohong) November 14 is the 14th UN Diabetes Day.
Experts in the industry stated at the launching meeting of the Diabetic Retinopathy Training Program for National Primary Medical Institutions hosted by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association on the 14th that diabetes is threatening the health of the Chinese people, and diabetic eye complications should not be underestimated.
Chinese medical institutions are actively improving eye health management.
Experts at the conference introduced that diabetes can cause various ocular complications such as retinopathy, cataracts, glaucoma, and ophthalmoplegia.
Among them, diabetic retinopathy (abbreviated as "sugar net") is one of the most common fundus complications of diabetic patients. Among Chinese adult diabetic patients, the prevalence of sugar net is about 25% to 38%.
Tang Shibo, vice president of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association and dean of the Aier School of Ophthalmology, Central South University, said that, generally speaking, the sugar net will make patients blind in the late stage, and the lost vision cannot be restored.
Because the sugar network can cause blindness and the course of the disease is irreversible, it has become the number one and irreversible blindness disease among working-age people and one of the main causes of blindness in this population.
Zhang Han, deputy director general of the Public Health Physician Branch of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association, said that the launch of the diabetic retinopathy training program for primary medical institutions across the country is to improve the understanding of the sugar network among grassroots public health personnel, move the barrier of prevention forward, and realize diabetes patients The early detection of ocular fundus diseases provides high-risk patients with early treatment opportunities, so as to better protect their eyesight and greatly reduce the incidence of irreversible blindness.
Professor Xing Yiqiao, executive director of the Hubei branch of the Chinese Medical Association and an expert member of the Chinese Medical Association, emphasized that with the improvement of medical standards, sugar net can be treated by fundus medication, laser, surgery and other methods. The earlier the discovery, the earlier the treatment, and the damage to vision The smaller.
But Tangwang is a fundus disease that accompanies diabetes. It does not end completely after one treatment.
After Tangwang is treated, if the patient's blood sugar is not well controlled, he may still experience fundus bleeding again.
Therefore, postoperative follow-up and regular check-ups are very important.
Peng Shaomin, a visiting professor at Yale University School of Medicine and head of the Ocular Fundus Department of Aier Eye Hospital Group, pointed out that to improve the visual quality of diabetic patients and reduce the blindness rate of diabetes, a very important and effective task is to treat diabetic patients. Professional, lifelong and dynamic eye health service management.
At the launch ceremony, Aier Ophthalmology announced that it would open diabetic eye clinics in 150 cities. In addition, the "Health Vision, Panoramic View-Fundus Disease Public Welfare Action" was launched at the same time. The first phase of the plan is to conduct health education and public welfare screening for high-risk populations in 16 cities across the country in the next 2 years. At the same time, establish eye health files and long-term follow-up and follow-up to minimize the damage to vision caused by diabetes. (Finish)