Reduce risk factors to save your sight

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After 40 regularly attend specialist It's very important prevention of age related macular degeneration, the cause of the outbreak and until today is not clarified. Because when it comes to treatment, it turns out to be quite expensive and is not accessible to all. It comes to phototherapy and laser coagulation. But no matter how efficient and expensive these methods, they do not lead to a complete cure. Usually patients are turning to the doctor already in the late stages of the disease. Therefore, the maximum that can be achieved in this case, is just to reduce the progression of pathological process. To protect your eyes from severe disease, you must turn off the main risk factors. And of course, when you reach the age of 40 years, especially if you are in the risk group, regularly visit the specialist. Reduce risk factors to save your sight There are underlying factors that significantly increase the risk of degenerative changes of the yellow stain. These include: The lowest density of pigment degeneration. Studies show that the density of this pigment is much higher in healthy eyes, than in those who suffer from age macular degeneration. -Smoking. Smokers twice as much risk of age macular degeneration than non-smokers. This is because cigarette smoke increases the formation of harmful free radicals. -Unbalanced nutrition. The absence or shortage of necessary vitamins , and also of the protective carotids weaken the antioxidant protection. They contain most in vegetables-cabbage, spinach, broccoli, green peas, corn. -Obesity. Overweight people have less carotenoids. Keep your eyes from the direct impact of the Sun's rays -The direct impact of the Sun's rays. The rays, especially from the blue spectrum, damage the eye retina. Ophthalmologists recommend, therefore, in sunny days to use your Sun glasses. -People with light skin and blue eyes in a greater risk of getting sick from this disease. The ladies are in this group, which to a greater extent is subject to risk from age macular degeneration. -Heredity. The disease is often inherited. -Increased blood pressure. Arterial hypertension can be a cause of thrombosis in fungus blood vessel. And this, in turn, provokes the age macular degeneration. -Macular degeneration of the eye. In this case there is very likely to develop this disease and in the other eye. ATTENTION! Antioxidant protection for the body weakens with age. There is a need for additional intake of vitamins-antioxidants-c, and e, and also of the minerals zinc and selenium. A special role in the prevention of age related macular degeneration play two basic substances from the Group of carotids. We have already mentioned, that are called lute in and Xanthippe. They perform the function of "sunscreen sunglasses" and "filter out" blue light. Take products rich in these two substances-cabbage, spinach, peas, beans. So will bolster the pigment of the yellow spot and will provide a natural protection of the eyes. The direct impact of the Sun's rays. The rays, especially from the blue spectrum, damage the eye retina. Ophthalmologists recommend, therefore, in the sunny days required to use Sun glasses.