Epidemiological aspects, development and management of prevention in ophthalmology in relation to different ages

In the ophthalmological field, it is not always easy to adopt a primary prevention. Much more useful would be a secondary prevention program towards the affections at birth or those later developed that, if diagnosed and treated early, grant a normal visual development. Differentiated prevention can...

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Published inPanminerva medica Vol. 37; no. 1; p. 28
Main Authors Nuzzi, R, Cerruti, A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Italy 01.03.1995
Subjects
Adolescent
Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Eye Diseases - diagnosis
Eye Diseases - epidemiology
Eye Diseases - prevention & control
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Italy - epidemiology
Mass Screening
Middle Aged
Ophthalmology
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Italy
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Summary:In the ophthalmological field, it is not always easy to adopt a primary prevention. Much more useful would be a secondary prevention program towards the affections at birth or those later developed that, if diagnosed and treated early, grant a normal visual development. Differentiated prevention can be carried out, according to various ages: at the tender age congenital glaucoma and cataract, strabism, ametropia, anisometropia (possible cause of amblyopia) have to be considered; in the adult-senile age must be prevented damages due to hypertension, diabetes, thrombosis, as well as cataract, glaucoma, uveitis, kerato-conjunctivitis and retinal detachment.
ISSN:0031-0808