China News Service, Beijing, August 13th. The number of people with high myopia in my country has exceeded 70 million. Chinese ophthalmology institutions are actively working to improve the diagnosis and treatment of high myopia and effectively prevent the risks of related complications.
Experts in the industry introduced at the launch event of the Taiyuan Station of Aier High Myopia Specialist Outpatient Clinic. Myopia of 600 degrees or more is high myopia, and it is accompanied by the risk of other eye diseases and retinal detachment, causing irreversible visual damage.
There are more than 70 million patients with high myopia in my country, and 2% to 3% of the high myopia population have pathological myopia.
Pathological myopia has become one of the main causes of visual impairment and blindness worldwide.
In order to effectively prevent the risk of blindness caused by complications of high myopia, relevant high myopia specialist outpatient clinics will be fully implemented nationwide this year.
Chen Song, chief expert of Tianjin Eye Hospital and leader of the vitreoretinal discipline, said: Opening a high myopia specialist clinic can bring appropriate diagnosis and treatment plans for patients suffering from high myopia in the country, thereby further standardizing and improving the diagnosis and treatment of high myopia in my country. Level, so that the prevention and control of high myopia has attracted widespread attention.
"Many people who wear glasses don't know that if myopia is not controlled, it is very likely to turn into high myopia." Zhang Dongchang, a member of the Ophthalmology Branch of the Chinese Medical Association, said that in modern society, computers, mobile phones and other electronic products are widely used, and outdoor activities are reduced. Lead to a high rate of myopia.
If the problem of high myopia is not resolved, the subsequent fundus diseases, glaucoma, and cataracts may cause a sharp decline in vision and even blindness.
"In addition to causing other eye diseases, high myopia patients need to wear thick lenses, which brings inconvenience to their work and life. At the same time, it also has a certain impact on the patient's appearance and image, and may even cause some patients. They are not confident.” Chen Peng, vice president of the Ophthalmology Branch of Taiyuan Medical Association and vice president of Shanxi Aier Eye Hospital, said that on the one hand, they have a strong need for lens removal, and on the other hand, they are worried about the safety of myopia surgery.
The comprehensively upgraded outpatient clinic for highly myopic specialists is expected to help them better resolve their concerns.
What surgical methods can patients with high myopia go through?
In this regard, Chen Peng said: The two current mainstream myopia surgery methods, laser myopia surgery and ICL lens implantation, can correct myopia above 600 degrees, and laser myopia surgery can correct myopia below 1200 degrees and Astigmatism below 600 degrees, ICL lens implantation can correct myopia below 1800 degrees and astigmatism below 600 degrees.
Of course, this does not mean that every patient with high myopia can definitely undergo myopia surgery. Whether an individual can perform myopia surgery or what kind of myopia surgery can be performed, it is still necessary to go to the hospital for a preoperative examination to determine.
"Generally speaking, patients with high myopia have longer eye axis than those with non-high myopia, and the posterior sclera is weaker, and the risk of various eye diseases will increase. Therefore, we recommend that people with high myopia follow the doctor's order to check the fundus regularly. In addition, you also need to pay attention, do not do confrontational exercises or strenuous exercises, pay close attention to your own eye conditions." Chen Peng emphasized that these precautions have nothing to do with whether or not to do myopia surgery, whether it is a highly myopic patient who has undergone myopia surgery. Highly myopic patients who have not undergone myopia surgery need to pay more attention to their eye conditions than non-highly myopic patients.
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