The Spanish Company of Retina y Vitreo (SERV), the Association Mácula Retina and the Spanish Federation of Diabetes (FEDE) support the #Miradadosúnicas campaign with the aim of visible and raise awareness about the most frequent diseases of the retina, such as the associated macular degenerationat age (DMAE) and diabetic macular edema (EMD).
On the occasion of the celebration on October 13 of World Vision Day, Roche has promoted the #Miradadosúnicos campaign to raise awareness about the DMAE and EMD, two of the main causes of visual disability and blindness.
Bold by the three scientific societies, this campaign includes the first exhibition of photographs that can protect against these diseases, by simulating some of the symptoms of these pathologies.
Until Tuesday, October 18, a photographic sample will take place on the Paseo de los Cipreses of the City of the Arts and Sciences of Valencia, in which images that project some of the symptoms of these diseases will be exhibited, such as the blurred visionor the difficulty in the central vision.
This initiative also aims to promote periodic reviews to favor an early diagnosis of non -diagnosed cases and contribute to evaluate its risk factors through Roche's website.
Increasing diseases
In this sense, the medical director of Roche Farma Spain, Dr. Beatriz Pérez Sanz, explained that “both the DMAE and the EMD will increase in the coming years.The first, associated with the aging of the population, taking into account that it is the main cause of loss of vision in people over 60 years and, in the case of the diabetic macular edema, because an increase in the prevalence of diabetes is estimated ”.
DMAE constitutes the main cause of central vision loss in the population over 60 years in Western developed countries.Several studies have demonstrated the impact of various risk factors on the appearance and development of the disease.
Some of them are the age, family history, smoking and diet among others.The symptoms of the DMAE are the vision of straight lines as undulating or crooked and the vision of a central spot that prevents, for example, to read.DMAE patients do not completely lose vision, but the central vision is affected.
The EMD is a complication of diabetes that occurs at the level of the visual system and can cause loss of visual acuity.Basically it consists of the inflammation and accumulation of liquid in the macula, which is the central part of the retina responsible for the central vision and the details.It usually occurs in people suffering from diabetic retinopathy in their most advanced phases.