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Sweet Eyes Sweet Eyes Franco Mercieca Whats Diabetic Retinop Retinopathy athy Vis Visual Dis ual Disability/Loss ability/Loss Between the ages of 16-64yrs Diabetic Retinopathy 246m diabetics worldwide..380m by 2025 >65yrs Age

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  1. Sweet Eyes Sweet Eyes Franco Mercieca

  2. What’s Diabetic Retinop Retinopathy athy

  3. Vis Visual Dis ual Disability/Loss ability/Loss Between the ages of 16-64yrs Diabetic Retinopathy 246m diabetics worldwide…..380m by 2025 >65yrs Age Related Macular Degeneration Glaucoma, Diabetes, Myopia, OA,… Children Congenital Glaucoma, Cataract, Corneal Infection

  4. Laser Therapy Laser Therapy  Well known fact that with the advent of Argon laser treatment (photocoagulation) diabetic retinopathy can be arrested and even improved as long as the treatment is instituted early (timely)

  5. Screen Screening ing methods methods in in Malta Malta  No National Plan in place  GP, Health Centre  Physician, Diabetician  Ophthalomolgist, optometrist or orthoptist  Or a combination of above

  6.  Passive screening  Unfortunately most turn up when symptomatic…..too late…then blame it on the doctor

  7. Active Active Screen Screening ing  Iceland  300,000  1980 2.4% blindness, apart from visual disability  1983 initiated nationwide screening programme ( screening and laser Rx)  Over 14yrs reduced to 0.5%  1/5 all done  4/5 unable to attend clinic/treatment (defaulters) Eye Opener for all

  8. Active Active Screen Screening, ing, timely timely diagn diagnosis osis and and treatm treatment ent  Most cost effective healthcare intervention  Healthcare costs, time off work pts and relatives, social/sick benefits, loss of employment  Deloitte study group  50% of blindness , preventable or treatable  700,000 are blind in Europe  10,000Euros/annum/pt  19% health costs  56% informal care  25% lost productivity  123m workdays/yr lost due to blindness

  9. Our Our dream dream  1. Health Promotion  Importance of early diagnosis but control as well  How diabetes harms  HbA1c vs random  Misconception to some that Laser is harmful  2. National Register of all Diabetics  Essential for a nationwide active screening prog  3. Active Screening and Treatment  Community based screening with fundal photos >12yrs yrly  Photos checked, in doubt patient recalled  Health Centre based checks and Laser treatment

  10. Let’s Do it

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