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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) appears to result from a combination of hereditary, environmental, and metabolic factors. Over time, highly reactive free-oxygen radicals damage and destroy macular cells.
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What are the symptoms of wet macular degeneration?
The symptoms of wet macular degeneration is loss of vision from the center of your field of vision. No one is sure what causes this but there are treatments to help it.
What causes a round blurry sopt?
If it's a round blurry spot in your vision, it could be, depending on your age, a harmless floater, or the start of macular degeneration. Macular degeneration is a disease of the elderly.
What causes blurie eyes?
Blurred eyes are caused by nearsightedness, farsightedness and macular degeneration.
Can an optometrist treat macular degeneration?
Yes, an optometrist can treat macular degeneration. You can read more info at www.allaboutvision.com/askdoc/macular-degeneration.htm
What is used to treat age-related macular degeneration?
There was no successful treatment for age-related macular degeneration as of 2001.
What term describes a condition in which central vision is lost but total blindness does not occur?
Macular Degeneration
What kinds of macular degeneration are there?
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD) is by far the most common type of MD.
i need a doctor who specializes in macular degeneration?
what is the name of the kind of doctor who specializes in eye disease,i.e. macular degeneration?
When is the onset of age-related macular degeneration?
People in their 60s may experience the first signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
What is the basic change with macular degeneration?
degeneration of the retinal cells in the fovea centralis
What are the causes of degeneration?
Age-related macular degeneration is part of the aging process. There may be a hereditary component. Having a family member with ARMD increases a person's risk for developing it.
Which is not a respiratory disease?
Macular degeneration
