What exactly is macula?
Macular area is located in the center of retina, which is a visual sensitive area. Cone cells responsible for vision and color vision are distributed in this area. Therefore, any pathological changes involving macula will cause obvious decline in central vision, dark vision, deformation and so on. For younger children, the color is reddish brown.
Why is macular degeneration terrible?
Macular lesion is a high-incidence disease, which is often called an incurable disease. This disease is regarded as the main blinding eye disease in the west, but in China, the general public has very limited knowledge about it, so it is easy to ignore it, which will eventually lead to very serious consequences. "Brush the screen" before going to bed, especially when watching the mobile phone in the dark after turning off the lights. If the eyes are stimulated by strong light for more than 30 minutes, it will cause macular degeneration of the eyes and lead to a sharp deterioration of vision.
Several factors can cause macular degeneration.
1, age: The older you get, the greater the risk of macular degeneration;
2. Gender: wet macular degeneration in women is slightly more than that in men;
3. Family history: some families are susceptible, although the specific gene of the disease has not been found;
4. People with hypertension, diabetes, hypercholesterolemia, cardiovascular diseases and obesity are prone to macular degeneration;
5. Smoking, drinking and nutritional deficiency (such as carotene) can also cause macular degeneration;
6. Exposure to blue light and sunlight;
7. Environmental factors.
Can fundus maculopathy be cured?
According to medical investigation, many cases of macular degeneration are caused by inflammation, bleeding, trauma and degeneration. Patients sometimes feel a shadow fluttering in front of their eyes. It is very effective to treat this situation with traditional Chinese medicine. Director Sun Ximin, an expert in eye hospital, pointed out that the principle of TCM treatment of fundus macular degeneration is nourishing yin and improving eyesight, dredging collaterals and restoring sight, and clearing obstacles and retreating clouds. The "five-round and eight-meridian eye disease eyesight improving system" starts from the source of the body, treats both the symptoms and the root causes, and completely solves the four major problems of eye diseases. Difficult, comprehensive, multiple and severe diseases caused by chronic fundus diseases. Especially in the diagnosis of western medicine, there are some "incurable diseases" that can be clearly diagnosed but cannot be treated, such as optic atrophy, retinitis pigmentosa, uveitis and macular degeneration.
Can watching mobile phones in the dark really lead to malignant macular degeneration or even blindness?
Macular disease is a multifactorial disease. Although mobile phones are not the cause of macular degeneration, watching LCD devices such as mobile phones for a long time in the dark can indeed lead to visual fatigue, dry eyes and eye lesions. Therefore, we should pay attention to avoid the factors that cause macular damage.
The above are the answers to questions about the causes of fundus macular degeneration and whether the performance of fundus macular degeneration can be cured. Ophthalmologists remind everyone to use their eyes reasonably and scientifically. Attention should be paid to eye discomfort, and the occurrence of eye diseases should be treated actively without delay.