The fourth episode of "15 minutes with ..." the in-depth talk on the health of the University Hospital of Cagliari in collaboration with the Unione Sarda group will be dedicated to vision problems, which will be broadcast live today at 5 pm on the social networks of the 'Aou di Cagliari (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube), on the website www.aoucagliari.it, but also on the Facebook page of the Unione Sarda and on the website www.unionesarda.it. As always, readers will find in-depth information on the newspaper's “Health” insert.
The guest of the column, conducted by the journalist Fabrizio Meloni, Head of Communication and External Relations of the Aou, will be Professor Maurizio Fossarello, director of the Ophthalmology of San Giovanni di Dio. age, retinopathy and glaucoma. These are diseases that can be very serious, especially in the absence of a timely diagnosis, and cause a total or partial loss of the visual field of one or both eyes. Ocular diseases affect all ages, but their incidence increases considerably after the age of 50 due to the progressive lengthening of the average life span, with the consequent increased frequency of various degenerative eye diseases (such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma ) and the increasing prevalence of diabetes with serious ocular complications.
According to the WHO, there are 217 million visually impaired and 36 million blind in the world (for a total of 253 million visually impaired). As many as 1.2 billion people need glasses and, among other things, myopia is on the rise worldwide. This is why it is important that everyone has access to ophthalmic assistance and adequate care, including improving their behavior.
The talk "15 minutes with ..." is edited by Aou Cagliari News, the newspaper of the university hospital. Agile and simple format, it includes 15 minutes of question and answer with the specialists and the possibility for the public to ask questions live.
(Unioneonline)
