Age Related Macular Degeneration: Risk Reduction and Improved Treatment Outcomes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ส.ค. 2024
- *This is a recording of a live, patient education program on macular degeneration, originally aired April, 2021.
In this recorded educational video presentation, Dr. David M. Brown, a world-renowned thought leader on the research and treatments of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), leads an expert panel discussion about the causes and risk factors for AMD, how the condition progresses and current treatments. You’ll learn about the importance of regular eye exams, especially if you’re at risk, and participation in screening programs for eye diseases. The different available treatments will be explored to help you select one that fits your needs. Plus discover behavioral measures that can help reduce the risk and progression of AMD, along with tools and support services that can help improve your overall eye care.
You will learn:
* Risk factors for AMD and the importance of early detection
* AMD pathophysiology
* Current and emerging treatments and how they work
* How to communicate and share management decisions with your health care provider
* Risk-reducing lifestyle behaviors to manage AMD
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0:00:00 Introductions
0:10:44 Geographic Atrophy
0:12:14 Patient story of macular degeneration diagnosis
0:16:09 Macular degeneration patient/doctor communication
0:20:34 On being a sighted helper at doctor appointments
0:23:13 Caregiver etiquette for helping the visually impaired
0:25:20 Questions to ask your doctor
0:26:04 Tests for early diagnosis
0:31:25 Dark adaptation
0:32:52 Patient perspective dark adaptation
0:34:55 Will I go blind
0:36:48 Why eye injections
0:37:48 Barriers to treatment
0:38:00 Treatment options
0:40:42 Dry macular degeneration
0:41:33 AREDs II Study
0:43:32 Anti-VEGF for wet macular degeneration
0:54:46 Managing your macular degeneration
0:58:28 What to expect from treatment
1:01:27 Advice from a patient
1:02:38 Emotional aspect of living with AMD
1:07:04 Who should be screened for AMD
Part of our PlatformQ partnership educational series. @platformqhealth1345
My mother has AMD and is receiving treatment (shots in her eyes). She said that it isn't getting any worse with the treatments. She is also taking her AREDs, and eatting better. She also lives by herself and can get along just fine. Since that is happening, I am also taking the AREDs, eatting better and wearing my blue blocker sunglasses more outside. BTW, my grandmother also had AMD. So genetics!
Thank you for clarifying that this doesn't lead to going completely blind. The last website I looked at said 10 years from early stage to blindness!
Vision loss can be severe for some, but it is not complete blindness.
Thanks for a very helpful seminar.Keep up the good work.🇿🇦
This was seen in my eyes for many years and I was only told that it was retina detachement
Could you please explain more about how much lutein can be safely taken daily above the 10 mg of lutein in the AREDS 2 formula.
Why the eye doctor don’t tell the patient directly what is wrong with my eyes?
None of the above. I want the shots but my doctor hasn’t offered them yet
D, I’m not aware of any testing for AMD
What is the medicine in the shot given in the eyeball?
Anti-VEGF is the standard of treatment for wet macular degeneration, administered by eye injection.
What about the drug syovre
This was recorded before Syfovre was released, but it covered elsewhere on our website. Did you have a specific question about Syfovre? Or were you just wondering why it wasn't mentioned?
@@MacularOrg they. Want to start me on this drug and I am a little hesitant
Dr are to business giving to many people shot my first visit was really bad
Side effects of the shots
C, that my AMD will get worse