Author/Editor		Jaki-Mekjavić, Polona
Title		Kronični očesni bolnik v gorah
Translated title		Individuals with cronic eye disease at altitude
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 41, št. 2-3
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 121-5
Language		slo
Abstract		The paper reviews the most frequent problems with eyes and vision that hikers may encounter at high altitudes. Particular attention is drawn to chronic eye diseases, as the severity of the disease may be augmented by high altitude. Most altitude-induced problems with vision, such as refraction, snow blindness and some forms of high altitude retinopathy, are reversible, but some, such as retinal haemorrhage in the macula, may also have permanent consequences. The article concludes that no chronic eye disease is considered a contraindication for high altitude hiking. However, in patients with chronic herpetic eye disease or severe myopia, as well as those who have recently undergone eye surgery, high altitude exposure may reversibly enhance the severity of their eye problems.
Summary		Članek je pregled najpogostejših težav z očmi oz. z vidom, ki jih imajo lahko gorniki na višini. Poseben poudarek je na kroničnih očesnih boleznih, ki se lahko stopnjujejo v gorah. Težave z vidom so pogosto reverzibilne, kot naprimer motnje refrakcije, snežna slepota in nekatere oblike višinske retinopatije. Lahko pa pride do trajnih posledic za vid, kot na primer pri višinski retinopatiji s krvavitvijo v rumeni pegi. V članku zaključujemo, da nobena kronična očesna bolezen ne predstavlja absolutne kontraindikacije za gorništvo. Večja pozornost pa je potrebna pri ljudeh, ki imajo kronično herpetično vnetje oči, pri močno kratkovidnih in pri ljudeh, ki so imeli očesno operacijo.
Descriptors		MOUNTAINEERING EYE DISEASES REFRACTIVE ERRORS LENSES, INTRAOCULAR GLAUCOMA RETINITIS