Presbyopia – a growing issue and management strategies 

With an ageing and growing population, fears about the knock-on effect of China’s diminishing eye health has prompted research looking at ways to potentially manage a rise in presbyopia.
The onus is on the medical profession to be prepared for the consequences of an average life expectancy of 75 years among a Chinese mainland population of 1.4 billion.

The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences proposed a policy of delaying the retirement age, heightening fears that presbyopia and its associated visual problems will cause significant challenges for the management capability of public health.
A lecture to be held at the first ever BCLA Asia conference in Hong Kong next month will hear from Professor Lu Fan (pictured), a Professor in Ophthalmology and Optometry at the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (WMU), who will lay out her predictions and outline the potential severity of the situation in the years ahead.

The lecture will look at the global epidemiological information about presbyopia and that of China. Taking data from WMU as an example, new statistics will show the prevalence of presbyopia and annual increases ratio, social behaviour changes, and clinical correction trends. Combined with peer review articles and research work, the presbyopia mechanism and the impact of presbyopia on social behaviour will be given in this presentation. 

By the end of this session, attendees will:
• Understand the techniques that should be used to assess presbyopia corrections and how they can be interpreted
• Be aware of the limitations of the peer reviewed literature to date assessing presbyopic contact lenses and other options
• Be informed of the performance of current generation presbyopic contact lenses and how to best predict which design will work best for individual patients  

The session will be held at 1.30pm on Tuesday, September 13 as part of BCLA Asia at the Cordis Langham Place hotel in Hong Kong
Find out more about the programme and to book your place here.