The Live for Seeing 2016 campaign ends with 296 eye fundus examinations

The initiative for the early detection of Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Live for Seeing 2016, conducted by the Ecoceutics pharmacy network and supported by the Barcelona Macula Foundation: Research for Vision (BMF) and Topcon, has concluded with the examination of 296 people in eight establishments around Catalonia. Of these, signs of AMD were observed in 36 cases, while indications of other pathologies were detected in 45 patients and normal eye fundus was found on 209 occasions. All those who displayed signs of AMD or any other condition were advised to visit their ophthalmologist to assess the results of the examination.

Live for Seeing has sent a team of specialised optometrists from the Institut de la Màcula and equipped with a state-of-the-art Optical Coherence Tomography machine, provided by Topcon, to pharmacies in Torredembarra, Sitges, Barcelona, Viladecans, Tarragona, Girona and Anglès. Key in recommending and programming a test that is non-invasive, quick and safe, all the pharmacies that signed up to the project have attracted participants in good numbers.

The campaign was aimed at raising awareness in the population of the need to undergo periodic eye examinations and targeted the over-50s in particular. It is from this age that early AMD detection is viewed as vital. A condition that does not show any symptoms in its initial stages, it may only be kept under control if detected in time and the prescribed treatments followed.