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WHAT ARE THE EYE PROBLEMS SPECIFIC TO MEN?
Turkey Medicals, “Last week we wrote about how the menstrual cycle and menopause in women affect eye health. This week, let’s summarize the eye problems specific to men..
Some eye diseases and eye injuries are more common in men. The main eye diseases that are more common in men are the following:
– Some types of eye pressure (eg. pigmentary glaucoma)
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– Severe forms of eye allergy (eg. vernal keratoconjunctivitis)
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– Some diseases of the retina (the nerve layer of the eye) (eg. Coat’s disease)
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– Some diseases of the eye nerve (eg. Leber hereditary optic neuropathy)
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– Uveitis due to Behcet’s disease (inflammation of the eye)
Eye injuries are also 2 times more common in men than in women. Men in their twenties are the group most at risk for eye injuries.
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DRUGS FOR SEXUAL IMPOTENCE AFFECT VISION
Currently, drugs that are commonly used to treat male sexual impotence can affect the vessels of the retina, leading to bluish vision, difficulty distinguishing blue from green, and light sensitivity. If users are experiencing these types of vision complaints, they should be careful about driving. These complaints about vision are temporary and do not become permanent…
In a very small number of people who use these drugs, vision loss can develop due to a nutritional disorder in the optic nerve called “ischemic neuropathy”. However, ischemic neuropathy is already a disease specific to the 45-65 age group and can also be monitored without the use of the mentioned drugs. In other words, it is impossible to consider these drugs as the only culprit of vision loss. In those who have ischemic neuropathy of one eye, it is recommended not to use drugs for sexual impotence.
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PROSTATE MEDICATIONS MAKE CATARACT SURGERY DIFFICULT
Another group of drugs that only men use is prostate medications. These drugs used to treat prostate enlargement; they affect the muscle that dilates the pupil, preventing the growth of the pupil. This situation makes Turkish hospital cataract surgery technically difficult and requires additional measures to be taken during surgery. Therefore, if you are using this type of prostate medication, you should tell your ophthalmologist in Turkey, before cataract surgery.
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Turkey's world-renowned organ transplant specialist. Dr. Demirbaş has 104 international publications and 102 national publications.
Physician's Resume:
Born on August 7, 1963 in Çorum, Prof. Dr. Alper Demirbaş has been continuing his work as the President of MedicalPark Antalya Hospital Organ Transplantation Center since 2008.
Prof. who performed the first tissue incompatible kidney transplant in Turkey, the first blood type incompatible kidney transplant, the first kidney-pancreas transplant program and the first cadaveric donor and live donor liver transplant in Antalya. Dr. As of August 2016, Alper Demirbaş has performed 4900 kidney transplants, 500 liver transplants and 95 pancreas transplants.
In addition to being the chairman of 6 national congresses, he has also been an invited speaker at 12 international and 65 national scientific congresses. Dr. Alper Demirbaş was married and the father of 1 girl and 1 boy.
Awards:
Eczacibasi Medical Award of 2002, Akdeniz University Service Award of 2005, Izder Medical Man of the Year Award of 2006, BÖHAK Medical Man of the Year Award of 2007, Sabah Mediterranean Newspaper Scientist of the Year Award of 2007, ANTIKAD Scientist of the Year Award of 2009, Social Ethics Association Award of 2010, Işık University Medical Man of the Year Award of 2015, VTV Antalya's Brand Value Award of 2015.
Certificates:
Doctor of Medicine Degree Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine Ankara, General Surgeon Ministry of Health Turkey EKFMG (0-477-343-8), University of Miami School of Medicine Member of Multiple Organ Transplant, ASTS Multiorgan Transplant Scholarship. Lecturer at Kyoto University. Lecturer at University of Essen, Research assistant at the University of Cambridge .
Professional Members:
American Society of Transplant Surgeons, American Transplantation Society Nominated, Middle East and Southern Africa Council Transplantation Society 2007, International Liver Transplantation Association, Turkish Transplantation Association, Turkish Society of Surgery, Turkish Hepatobiliary Surgery Association.
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