Lectures and eye examinations for members of the Association of Diabetics

At the invitation of the Association of Diabetics of Subotica, the team of our Eye Center organized a presentation on the premises of the Open University on May 23, with eye examinations for members of the Association.

The lecturer, Dr. Ivana Ambruš Ivazović, introduced all those present to the harmful effects of diabetes on vision and ways of treating diabetic retinopathy with an interesting presentation.

After the lecture, Dr. Ambruš performed fundus examinations, described the condition of the fundus to each patient individually and gave recommendations for further diagnostics, where indicated.

I can state with great satisfaction that these are mostly disciplined patients, whose disease is controlled and therefore the fundus is preserved. But bearing in mind that, according to official data in Subotica, about 10% of the total population fell ill, the question arises as to how realistic this picture really is. – points out Dr. Ambruš.

According to the latest research from 2017, around 415 million people in the world have diabetes, which is practically the population of the entire European continent. About 710,000 patients have been registered in our country, and more and more children and adolescents are among them. It is estimated that 39% of sufferers are unaware that they have diabetes, while this disease is even the 5th leading cause of death in Serbia.

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