During my lunch break today, I read a popular science article from Shunde's brother hospital, which is very good, and I will share it with you. This article can help you better understand medical knowledge, and it can also give us a deeper understanding of the inner world of patients.
*: Shunde Aier Eye Hospital High-quality Author List Recently, 82-year-old veteran artist Lu Haipeng attended the TVB art training class party, and he revealed the latest situation in the interview: he suffered from glaucoma because of long-term diabetes and is now blind in one eye.
I believe that many TVB drama fans and netizens should be no stranger to Lu Haipeng, he once played the old eunuch Xu Wantian in the costume palace fight drama "Golden Branches", and is the stepfather of Charmaine Sheh as the heroine Er Chun, and the two have many rival scenes. Lu Haipeng's 40-year acting career, although he has played many supporting roles, his acting skills are solid, the roles he has created are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and he has become a "familiar face" on the screen with his superb acting skills.
It is said that the eyes are the windows of the soul, and good acting skills need the blessing of the eyes. For actors, how important it is to have a pair of expressive and smart eyes, without speaking, they can express the emotions of the characters very richly.
Now, Lu Haipeng's blindness in one eye is undoubtedly a heavy blow to his acting career, which has attracted the attention of many netizens. Many people have expressed surprise: Isn't diabetes related to blood sugar? How can it still cause glaucoma and lead to blindness?
What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is a disease characterized by optic nerve atrophy and visual field defects, which is mainly due to pathological intraocular pressure increase, which exceeds the degree that the optic nerve can tolerate, and causes optic nerve atrophy and visual field defects, which is an irreversible blinding eye disease, so it is also called "the thief of vision".
How does diabetes induce glaucoma?
There are many causes of glaucoma, and one of the risk factors is diabetes. Diabetics are more likely to get it if their blood sugar is not well controlledDiabetic retinopathy, secondary glaucoma。When diabetic retinopathy progresses to a certain extent, it causes fundus ischemia and hypoxia, and the body's compensatory function leads to the growth of new blood vessels in the retina. When the new blood vessels of the iris extend to the corner of the room, it will block the outflow channel of aqueous humor in the eye, causing the intraocular pressure to rise, resulting in glaucoma.
How is glaucoma**?
The key to the prevention and treatment of glaucoma lies in early detection, early diagnosis, and early **。In the early stage of glaucoma, under the premise that the optic nerve damage is mild, ** can achieve better results. At present, the main methods of glaucoma are drugs, lasers and surgeries. Further progression of glaucoma can be effectively controlled by using anti-intraocular pressure medications and visiting the hospital regularly to check the intraocular pressure and observe the optic nerve.
Eye drops and oral medications:These medications can help lower eye pressure and prevent further damage to the optic nerve.
Laser**:Lasers can be used to improve the aqueous humor outflow channel or radically reduce aqueous humor production, thereby lowering intraocular pressure.
Surgery**:When medications and lasers** are ineffective, surgery can help create new channels for aqueous humor to drain.
Tips:People with diabetes should have regular eye examsto assess and track the risk of diabetic retinopathy. Early diabetic reticulum eyes are generally asymptomatic and can cause varying degrees of vision loss as the lesion progresses。It is precisely because most patients with diabetic reticulum are asymptomatic in the early stage, so when diabetic reticulum patients develop symptoms, some irreversible changes have often appeared, and the best time may be missed.