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Expert for early treatment of glaucoma
Ludhiana, April 24 He spoke at length on the glaucoma implant and glaucoma drainage device, which are a surgical alternative in patients with certain types of glaucoma. Also known as tube shunts, these were implanted devices, designed to maintain an artificial drainage pathway for patients with glaucoma. He remarked that such patients were most likely to benefit from this procedure who had undergone a standard glaucoma operation like trabeculectomy without much successful results. In general, these were the patients who had previously undergone eye surgery more than once. During his lecture, Dr Kooner emphasised that early treatment of glaucoma by drops was essential and most of the patients of glaucoma suffered because of non-use or non-compliance of medical treatment. He further pointed out that glaucoma valves were the future for the treatment of non-responding or very bad cases. "Generally, glaucoma cannot be reversed with this implantation, but the best result that can be expected is a complete halt of the progression of glaucoma." The session was conducted under the chairmanship of DMCH principal Dr Daljit Singh and professor and head of department of ophthalmology Dr G.S. Bajwa. Dr Bajwa, while discussing the incidence and general line of treatment of the condition, said that as per current projections, by the year 2020, glaucoma will be the most common cause of irreversible blindness in the world.
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Breastfeeding leads to optimal health: Expert
Ludhiana, April 24 While emphasising the importance of ‘Global Strategy for Infant and Young Child Feeding’ (IYCF), he said India aimed to reduce infant mortality rate (IMR) from 63 to 30 per thousand live births by 2010. Throwing light on the importance of breastfeeding, Gulati said to achieve optimal health, development of infants and young children, and fulfilment of their rights to survive and attain the highest attainable standards of health, all infants should begin breastfeeding within one hour after birth. Thereafter, they should be breastfed for the first six months, followed by the introduction of adequate complementary feeding along with continued breastfeeding for two years or beyond. "Two third of all deaths under five years of age, occur during infancy. Being under-nutrition is the major cause of these deaths. Emphasis on prevention and reduction of malnutrition is important when it strikes the most in infancy, from about 11 per cent at 0-6 months and reaching about 37 per cent by 12 months and then further to about 50 per cent by 23 months." Stressing the need for interventions to prevent child malnutrition, Dr Gulati asserted that this crucial issue should be focused during gestation and infancy to achieve reasonable reduction in infant and child mortality. The mid-term appraisal of 10th plan clearly noted that without solving the problem of infant nutrition, it would be impossible to achieve the targets of infant mortality as well as ‘Millennium development goals’ on child mortality. He further added that the national guidelines on IYCF enlisted several actions to achieve optimal infant feeding practices. Dr Gulati, who is also the district coordinator of Breastfeeding Promotion Network of India (BPNI) said if we could increase the number of children having exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding to 90 per cent, it would be possible to cut down death rates by nearly 20 per cent. — OC
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