Eye strain is the most common visual problem among the Spaniards.

-Currently over 17 million Spaniards over 45 years of experience

– according to the national study on presbyopia, produced by clinic Bavaria, 60% of respondents stated that this problem are limited in their daily activity

-only 12% know that the condition has definitive surgical solution

Madrid, 2011-October 81% of Spaniards between 45 and 65 years suffering from eye strain, according to the national study on presbyopia by clinic Bavaria in all Spain. Furthermore, the number of affected increases further higher are patients so that virtually all of the people of more than 60 years they have already developed this visual defect. It is, therefore, Ophthalmic Pathology more frequent and currently more than 17 million people suffer to a greater or lesser extent.

Presbyopia or eyestrain is caused by the ageing of the lens, the natural lens of the eye that helps us to focus on. This lens loses elasticity and little by little it costs us more focus on those objects that we are closer. It is a problem which is part of the human aging process and age develops around the world ”, said Dr. Fernando Llovet, Medical Director of Clínica Bavaria. 60% Of respondents said that this problem are limited in their daily activity and 71.1% declares to have many problems if we forget the sunglasses at home.

While presbyopia is the biggest visual problem among the Spaniards, the Bavarian Clinic study reveals that only 12 per cent of the respondents know that this ailment has definitive surgical solution, while almost half aware of interventions to eliminate cataractmyopia and astigmatism. 65.7% Of those interviewed said that if there were a solution to the eyestrain that wasn’t glasses would her take.

Definitive surgical solution

Presbyopia is a visual condition impossible to prevent, associated with the ageing of the bodies, but that can be solved using two techniques: the laser presbyopia ” and the introduction of a lens Intraocular Multifocal ” or crystalline artificial ”. This last intervention consists of replacing the lens with a lens that will make its functions, allowing the brain to choose the most appropriate approach in each case. It’s a definitive solution that also allows eliminate defects associated as myopia, hyperopia or astigmatism.

Since 2001, year in which Bavaria Clinic began to operate the presbyopia, first laser and later also with the implantation of multifocal intraocular lenses, there have been over 20,000 speeches in Spain, with a 95% satisfaction rate and eliminating the use of glasses or contact lenses to 88% of cases.

Clinic Bavaria

Clínica Baviera is a Spanish medical institution specializing in ophthalmology, with 61 centres, is present in several European countries (Spain, Germany, Austria, Holland, Italy). Founded more than 25 years ago, the quality of care, the permanent improvement of results and the incorporation of innovative and solvent techniques have been its raison d ’ être.