ARMD, Eye Diseases Due To Age

Entering the age of 40 years, a person of vision functions normally begin to decrease. Condition known as age related macular degeration is marked with a start buramnya vision.

For those of you who are aged 40 years or more, be more alert to eye health. Because, usually, at this age the eyes vulnerable to age related macular degeration (ARMD). "Complaints generally occur in the form of ARMD buramnya central vision, there is no black spots or black section in the middle of the field of vision," said health expert eye of the Family Physician Clinic Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia, Dr Cosmos Mangunsong SPM.

In this condition, retinal photoreceptors decreased function due to a damaged beyond repair so well. Photoreceptors that die should be digested or retinal pigment cross section of epithelium (RPE) with both, and the results are used to regenerate photoreceptors cernanya back.

In ARMD, this process so that the results of digestibility decreased photoreceptor piled as waste and deposited around the macula called drusen. Drusen presence will disrupt a person's central vision, so often a complaint of blurred vision, especially in the middle of the field of view.

Increased life expectancy, of course, increase the incidence of ARMD because of the increasing number of people over the age of 60 years. In addition, this lifestyle change can be a risk factor for the high incidence of ARMD. To prevent the occurrence of ARMD, healthy lifestyle choice.

In addition to age, lifestyle changes become a major contributor to the risk factor. Lifestyle changes that can cause a person to become obese or smokers could also cause also an experienced ARMD. High levels of cholesterol and triglycerides also allegedly became one of the triggers of this disease. Bad fats in significant amounts in the blood become free radicals that damage body cells, including photoreceptor cells.

Smoking habits was also a strong risk factor for ARMD because cigarette smoke free radicals cause damage to photoreceptor cells. Ultraviolet radiation exposure is also a risk factor for ARMD because the ultraviolet can cause damage to the photoreceptors.

"The sun's rays and computers are examples of radiation ultraviolet source in our everyday environment," said Cosmos.

Until now, treatment is done for patients with ARMD is still being developed. ARMD can be divided into two types, namely wet and dry. Both types can be distinguished only after looking directly using the magnifying tool or a special camera lens into the eye ball to see that happen retinal disorders.

"The patient complained ARMDsecara lay the same thing, namely blurred vision, especially in the middle of the field of vision," he said.

When this type of Dry ARMD treated by giving drugs vitamins that can function as antioxidants. Free radicals are formed within the eyeball that trigger these retinal damage. A lot of vitamins recommended are vitamin A, C, and E because it proved to have high antioxidant effect.

"Vitamins are found in many fruits that are red and yellow," explained the doctor is also a researcher of this FKUI Community Eye Health.

For the wet type of ARMD, a more specific therapy for attempting to overcome the mechanisms that occur in the retina and reduce vision. The emergence of small and fragile blood vessels (neovaskular) result in a decrease in macular retinal visual acuity. Today laser therapy is commonly used in photodynamic therapy (PDT).

"While most new therapies being developed is to inject a substance inhibiting the growth of blood vessels in the eyeballs," said the doctor graduated from University of Indonesia.

Growing period, then the change also lifestyle coupled with the life expectancy is higher. Serbainstan lifestyle and patterns of high fat foods and high-carbohydrate, high-risk potential of free radicals in the body so that it can lead to ARMD. Prevent ARMD by adopting healthy lifestyles.