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Aspirin use tied to age related vision loss

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    Could using aspirin lead to eye disease?

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Some new research that shows that.

Older Americans who take aspirin so many do as part of their regular preventative therapy.

It doubles the risk of an eye disease that can cause blindness.

-- -- got to help us out on this one.

Let's start with what we're talking about here acute Dracula degeneration the kind we're talking about is called wet meaning that blood vessels -- leaking what is immaculate.

It's -- disk at the center of your retina what is the retina -- there's like photo paper.

Like -- -- camera and you're printing on photo paper of it it's the interface between the eye in the brain.

At the center of it is immaculate immaculate is responsible for central vision.

For seeing for reading for discerning just certain.

Surfaces for driving for the basic things you do in life.

Over the age of 85 Jamie 20% of people get back to -- degeneration.

And now this new study is the third one to look at the situation over twenty years and to say maybe there's an increased risk of us from aspirin.

We already know there's an increased risk from high blood pressure from high cholesterol from being obese from smoking we already know that.

But here's my take home here.

I don't want people out there to stop their aspirin because of this starting it is not proof.

And I have a lot of people on aspirin that really needed to decrease the risk of strokes to -- -- increase the risk of heart attacks and certain cancers aspirin is a miracle drug.

But the real take home here is picture doctor in the loop just don't go to the pharmacy and buy some -- start yourself on -- -- there may be some unexpected risks that.

Make sense because aspirin can cause bleeding so -- immaculate degeneration is that you said like the opening of the vein or artery whatever -- the guy.

He wouldn't be recommended you ask your eye doctor well.

That's a good point -- the -- listen -- every time you take your medication you have to balance the risk and benefit why are you on aspirin.

But just because your neighbors are taking it you should not be on it.

45 million Americans are using aspirin.

Because there's a lot of statistics -- a lot of medical doctors are using it to prevent stroke to prevent heart disease to really open up the vessels and make sure that you get enough blood flow.

Now in this particular city that's coming from Australia and it was actually -- in general which is a very reputable.

Magazine and journal.

I don't buy this I don't think that it's a big study it's a very small one it's not really cause and effect.

It's not random -- it's a very observational study.

And and if you really look at the statistics.

It really doesn't show that you causes blindness to -- -- -- the -- increases the risk.

But I don't buy it and I think the benefit if you have heart disease if -- -- risk of -- you should continue and nobody should stop taking their aspirin because of this study.

Ultimately.

Going back to what you guys talking to your ophthalmologist.

Finding out what your -- are if you're diabetic -- yard Bristol diabetic neuropathy and on our issues McEnroe degeneration.

Make sure you follow about this once a year and see them this happens usually over the age of 49 is when we see this.

It is not reversible so I think prevention is a way to go and that's what we're here -- help people to thank you that's -- -- -- actually take your aspirin if you needed option.

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