The laser removes harmful deposits in the eyes

Destroying a split second of harmful deposits in the eyes of the laser can help prevent the onset of age-related blindness in millions of people. It's about age-related macular degeneration - the main cause of the deterioration or loss of vision in the elderly.

The Australian Centre for Ophthalmic Research in Melbourne conducted a new study of methods of treatment age-related macular degeneration using a laser. The procedure itself takes less than ten minutes. If the test succeeds, then in the arsenal of ophthalmologists will be the first in the history of medicine, a method of treating the disease at an early stage.

Typically, age-related macular degeneration   It develops after 50 years, and its cause is the sprouting of new blood vessels through the macula - the central part of the retina, which helps us to clearly distinguish surrounding objects. From these blood vessels occurs leakage of blood, causing scarring, leading to deterioration, and then the complete disappearance of central vision. People lose the ability to properly recognize faces, read or watch television, as only a peripheral vision.

Approximately 90% of cases occur in the dry form of degeneration, which progresses slowly and is incurable. Scientists hope that laser therapy, and will be the first effective treatment for the disease, and in both its forms. The laser will influence the yellow-white deposits known as senile plaques, which are formed in the back of the eye. They consist of a lipid and accumulate due to the fact that with age, the body less rapidly displays wastes cells.

The small size of plaques are not dangerous. But the larger ones can cause the growth of blood vessels in the macula and cause degeneration beginning. Newest Laser Ellex 2RT, emits a pulse duration in the nanosecond, does not harm healthy tissue, but it effectively destroys plaque. In a small study of 24 patients with AMD in the early stages of the laser improved central vision in 64% of people after 12 months. (READ MORE)

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