Injectiontherapy for english diabetic patients in Spain - Ophtalmologist informs about eye-deseases in Spain

Due to the disturbed glucose metabolism in the eye are new, fragile blood vessels that lead to fluid retention (edema) under the retina or at the point of sharpest vision (macula) - and thus to vision loss.

The antibody-drug is  only approved for the treatment of colorectal cancer, is used but more recently also been successfully used for the treatment of blindness in old age (wet age-related macular degeneration, AMD).

Injection therapy when laser is not sufficient

The treatment interval is three times at intervals of four weeks by injection into the vitreous of the eye. Even small signs that a diabetic retinal damage caused by the eye can find an eye doctor during an eye reflection. My advice is also the family doctor to have carried out a blood test to detect the presence of diabetes.

blind people in Germany alone, almost 30 per day for diabetes-related eye diseases. Ca. 3 million German suffering from an undiscovered diabetes mellitus.

Spanish specialist for German residents and tourists

Dr. Carlos Infantes, Javea, is one of the pioneers in Spain, these injections with good results apply. He has worked at the University of Tübingen for many years and speaks perfect German. In his eye clinic at sea, he treated many German, during their annual leave to undergo treatment and time to use this to get views on heart and kidney check physically leave. "Some German place in Germany just time for yourself, so are pleased to patients that they also their vacation time not in high medical standard in Germany without need, accustomed to but still the cost of health insurance to pay to get their no. Many cases go undetected as the trend over there is always, if created eye problems that patients at the opticians only go when they realize that their vision impaired. The optician is not adapted to changes in the eye-background determine or assess accurately. In order not diagnosis overlooked, it is highly advisable, in any case an appointment with the ophthalmologist to perform. Also in Spain there is no long waiting times, an appointment can usually be done the next day. " Even with macular degeneration, Avastin is the injection therapy used with good results. Ophthalmology Dr. Infantes

Reimbursement Europe

New ruling from Luxembourg

On 13.05.2003, the ECJ in Luxembourg precipitated another verdict in terms of reimbursement of expenses incurred for medical treatment in other EU countries, and thus take the forms of civic, medical services outside their own country's claim, further extended .

This ruling will have particular implications for the members of the German statutory health insurance companies that refused to date having regard to the earlier judgments of the Court to assume such costs without prior approval: ... Conclusion: The German health insurance companies may take over the costs of medical treatments that were provided in another EU Member State outside of a hospital, do not depend on prior authorization. Therefore, you must pay for such treatment to the same extent as if the treatment had been carried out at a panel doctor in Germany. That is, to be reimbursed under this new ruling only the costs that are covered by the performance of health insurance, and only at the applicable rates in Germany.

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