This content is machine translated 57th Medical Congress LUNGE ZÜRICH, Davos Age-related eye diseases With the demographic change of the population, age-related diseases of the eyes and their appendages are also increasing. In recent years, the range of new therapeutic options has expanded, and…
View Post 5 min This content is machine translated Crooked letters, poorer reading ability The age-related macular degeneration The most important risk factors for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are age and smoking. Cardinal symptoms of AMD are a decrease in reading ability, metamorphopsia, and small scotomas. Complete blindness…
View Post 7 min This content is machine translated Acute visual loss A leading symptom of different clinical pictures Acute loss of visual acuity is a leading symptom in ophthalmology, which can also be diagnostically groundbreaking in other areas of medicine. For the patient, acute vision impairment is always…
View Post 4 min This content is machine translated Impairments in old age Multimorbidity and comedication demand good therapeutic strategy Two areas of impairment in old age were presented at Medidays in Zurich: macular degeneration and osteoporosis. The focus was on diagnosis and therapy. For wet macular degeneration especially an…
