Zwyrodnienie plamki związane z wiekiem. Część II: metody leczenia – chirurgiczne, monoterapia i terapie złożone

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Adam Jarmak

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Zwyrodnienie plamki związane z wiekiem jest najczęstszą przyczyną utraty widzenia centralnego. Proces chorobowy obejmuje region plamkowy siatkówki i prowadzi do znacznego pogorszenia ostrości wzroku, a co za tym idzie – jakości życia. Chory traci możliwość uprawiania dotychczas wykonywanego zawodu, czytania, oglądania telewizji czy prowadzenia samochodu. Schorzenie to jest wyraźnie związane z procesami starzenia się i degeneracji tkanek i zazwyczaj pojawia się po 50. r.ż. Dopiero kilka lat temu wprowadzono środki farmakologiczne i inne metody terapeutyczne, które zdecydowanie poprawiły szanse na zachowanie użytecznej ostrości wzroku. Przełomowym odkryciem było klinicznie potwierdzone zahamowanie endotelialnego czynnika wzrostu, powodującego neowaskularyzację, co skutkowało brakiem wzrostu nieprawidłowych naczyń i w efekcie chroniło nie tylko przed spadkiem ostrości wzroku, ale nawet tę funkcję poprawiało. To była prawdziwa rewolucja w okulistyce, która dała pacjentom nadzieję na całkowite wyleczenie. Jednak czy jest ono możliwe? Jak wskazują doświadczenia kliniczne i doniesienia badaczy, walka o zahamowanie rozwoju choroby trwa. Leczenie chirurgiczne, leki podawane miejscowo i ogólnie, plazmafereza, wirusy wektorowe, radioterapia to tylko niektóre sposoby w walce o zachowanie widzenia centralnego. Arsenał terapeutyczny stale i intensywnie się poszerza i daje nadzieję na powstrzymanie rozwoju schorzenia.

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Jarmak A. Zwyrodnienie plamki związane z wiekiem. Część II: metody leczenia – chirurgiczne, monoterapia i terapie złożone. Ophthatherapy [Internet]. 31 marzec 2015 [cytowane 17 maj 2024];2(1):31-5. Dostępne na: https://journalsmededu.pl/index.php/ophthatherapy/article/view/615
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