衛教單張HealthEducation首頁衛教單張Age-RelatedMacularDegeneration老年性黃斑部病變(英文)衛教資訊衛教單張衛教影片衛教海報衛教諮詢正確用藥教育中心衛教講座衛教講座報名爸媽教室哺乳聚會孕產課程健康城市中醫講座正確用藥Age-RelatedMacularDegeneration老年性黃斑部病變(英文)文章分享首頁分享至FaceBook分享至LineQrcode列印A-A+Age-RelatedMacularDegeneration老年性黃斑部病變(英文)2021/1/4Age-relatedmaculardegenerationisagradualcentralretinaldegenerationthatappearsasoneages.Suchdegenerationwillleadtogradualdistortedvision,engagedorshrunkitems,andeventuallyresultinginvisionloss.Usuallythediseaseoccursonbotheyes,wheretheageforfirstlossofvisionis65yearswhile12%ofthepatients’othereyeswillbeinvadedeveryyear.By70yearsold,about60%ofpatientswillreachlegalblindness.TypeAge-relatedmaculardegenerationisdividedintodryandwettypesaccordingtothegenerationofchoroidalneovascularization.Dryage-relatedmaculardegeneration:Doesnotformchoroidalneovascularizationandusuallyhassmallerimpactonthevision.Nonethelessastimepasses,itcouldstilldeteriorateintowetage-relatedmaculardegeneration.Wetage-relatedmaculardegeneration:Suchdegenerationcouldresultinmacularedemaandbleedingduetochoroidalneovascularizationthatleadstoseverevisiondegeneration.PreventionAgingandgeneticsarethetwohigh-riskfactorsfordiseasedeterioration.Aninvestigationofepidemiologysuggeststhattheprobabilityofcurrentlysmokingpersonstosufferfromthisdiseaseis2~5timesthatofnon-smokers.Moreover,eatingmorebeneficialfoodordrugswillreallyhelpalot.Studiesrevealthatpeopleseatingfish,driedfruit,dark-greenvegetable,β-Carotene,andfruitwilllesslikelytohavesuchdisease. TheAREDShostedbyU.S.NationalInstitutesofHealth–NationalEyeInstitutediscoversfromtheresearchthatthedailyconsumptionof500mgofVitaminC,400unitsofVitaminE,15mgofβ-Carotene,80mgofzincoxideand2mgofcopperoxidecouldreducetheprobabilityofdeterioratingmediumage-relatedmaculardegenerationintoseverityin5yearsby25%,therebyreaching19%ofprobabilitytoreduceintermediatevisionloss.Studiesshowthesmokerstakingmassiveβ-Carotenecouldoncontraryharmthehealthandhenceluteiniscurrentlyreplacingβ-Carotene.TreatmentIntheeventofseepage,bleedingo