Francesco Guccini revealed his illness. It is a bilateral form of maculopathy. What is that? Here are the details of the disease.
Francesco Guccini is one of the greatest interpreters of our country. His music has marked various moments of our life. His pen has always given music something unique and, perhaps, unrepeatable. Now, the singer-songwriter is 81 years old and suffers from a particular disease. What is the bilateral maculopathy?
The singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini he was the guest of honor on the second day of the Festival “The city of readers”, in Florence. On that occasion he let himself go to some words, part of his intervention led to the revelation of his disease.
A maculopathy which, he says, hit both eyes. She revealed that she sees while she walks but up to a certain point and has a hard time reading. Although she has the audio books she states that she is not the same as reading a book. Also because you underline: “My real profession is reading books“. Now let’s go into the details of the disease that struck one of the greatest Italian songwriters.
Francesco Guccini’s disease: what is maculopathy?
Maculopathy or macular degeneration is a disease that affects the central part of the retina. The part that is called macula. This disease leads to the progressive loss of central and very often bilateral vision. Which leads the individual to a strong limitation of the visual function.
The macular degenerationhowever, it never leads to complete blindness. This is because lateral vision is maintained until the later stages of the disease. Moreover, this disease does not cause any pain. Indeed, at the beginning there are no major problems since the good eye manages everything.
There are different types of maculopathy and they are linked to the cause that cause them. It can be presented, in the first instance, in dry or wet form. The most frequent types are: the senile maculopathy o age-related macular degeneration, usually after the age of sixty; Miopica for those suffering from miopia in addition to ten diopters; diabetic, usually buy 5-10 years after diabetes diagnosis; after venous thrombosis; hereditary or genetics, there are several cases here but they come out at a young age.
Diagnosis and treatment of the disease
The diagnosis it is based on an eye examination with a very thorough examination of the back of the eye. To be sure, however, instrumental tests must be carried out, which are usually performed in specialized centers. We talk about tomography and optical coherence, fluorangiography e angiography with indocyanine green.
As regards the therapy one must act on the basis that maculopathy is humid o dry. In the first case, action must be taken as soon as possible. Furthermore, moisture is given by the new vessels that grow inside the macula. There are various therapies such as intravitreal injection up to the photodynamic one. The dry one, on the other hand, is linked to a slow and progressive atrophy of the macula. The cause is given by a chronic oxidation and inflammation of the macula. The inflammatory factor is called complement. Here too there are different therapies such as a diet rich in antioxidants, carotenoids and polyunsaturated fatty acids. Up to 2RT laser and Gene therapy.
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