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Symptoms of macular degeneration included blurry vision, scotomas (blind spots) and distortion. They are created by disruption, or degeneration of the macula. Macular degeneration usually affects patients over the age of 55, both eyes and leads to progressive loss of vision. Patients with known macular degeneration usually self-monitor with the aid of an Amsler grid. This is basically a piece of graph paper. By checking each eye daily, any blind spots or distortion can be monitored. Persistent changes should be reported to the eye doctor. Patients without the prior diagnosis should have period eye exams. The exam must include dilation of the pupils to allow proper exam of the retina. The macula is...

In the US, there is a research program called the 'Artificial Retina Project' It is developing a "bionic eye" for people with disease of the retina. The goal is to allow patients with little or no light perception to gain unaided mobility. It consists of a miniature camera and computer chip mounted on a pair of spectacles, and a small implant behind the ear linked to an array of electrodes attached to the cells of the retina. As an image is picked up by the camera, the information is converted into electronic signals that are passed via the implant to the electrodes on the retina, from where they travel via the optic nerve to the brain. Whats very important is that the device processes information...

Dry Macular Degeneration is an age related disease that causes the deterioration of the tissue located in your central line of vision. It affects your retina which is the layer of tissue lying inside the back of your eyeball. Though it does not cause total blindness, Dry Macular Degeneration does cause severe blurriness and central vision blind spots which is all necessary to do the everyday tasks of life such as driving, reading or even recognizing faces. The majority of those affected by Dry Macular Degeneration are over the age of 50, although there are cases of Juvenile Dry Macular Degeneration as well. The symptoms begin subtly. It is gradual and painless when forming. If you are over the age...

People often wonder if glaucoma, cataracts, or diabetic retinopathy aggravates macular degeneration or if macular degeneration aggravates any of them. The answer is no. AMD is not directly related to any other disease or eye condition to our knowledge. There is some evidence that cataract surgery might affect macular degeneration. To understand why glaucoma cataracts, diabetic retinopathy, and macular degeneration are unrelated, it may help to clarify how each of these conditions causes vision loss. Cataracts occur when the lens on the front of your eyes clouds up. This opacity prevents images and light from entering your eye, sort of the same way sheer curtains block the view through a window...

While the quest in searching for the cure of macular degeneration is on going. Many national eye centers are investigating new ways to treat the said illness. There are different options in managing macular degeneration as the illness has two types. The wet form which usually results to loss of vision due to no reliable treatment yet to be developed and the dry form accounting 90% of cases can still be managed and controlled if diagnosed at an early stage and by eating the right food rich in vitamins A, C, E and other supplements such as zeaxanthine and zinc - proven to be effective in slowing down the disease Here are some optional treatments available for patients having the wet form of macular...

Dry macular degeneration is often related to aging and thinning of macular tissues, which leave pigment in the macula. Dry macular degeneration is detected when examiner finds yellowish spots (drusen) in the macula area. Both dry and wet macular degeneration may cause vision loss, but do not worry because there is ways treat the condition. The suspected risk factors for this eye impairment are: over weight and lack of exercises, heredity, hypertension, smoking, excessive sun exposure and drug effects. Beneficial nutrition: Many experts recommend nutrients such as zinc, lutein, zeaxanthin, vitamins A, C and E can help to reduce the progression of the eye problem. What are the best treatment to slow...

Macular degeneration is the deterioration of the macula in the eye. The macula is a tiny structure in the middle of the retina that is responsible for central vision. The retina is a tissue that lines the back of the eye and sends visual signals to the brain. Macular degeneration causes a gradual destruction of sharp, central vision. Macular degeneration is primarily a disease of aging, and is most commonly seen in Senior citizens. Adult, or age-related, Macular Degeneration occurs in two forms: Dry AMD Ninety percent of all people with AMD have this type. An area of the retina becomes diseased, leading to the slow breakdown of cells in the macula, and a gradual loss of central vision. Wet AMD...

There is a myth about macular degeneration that there is no type of treatment. But the real fact is you do have choices of treatment for macular degeneration. And the good news is you may help your vision with two simple steps to stabilize your vision. Be sure to combine those two techniques and you may find that your eyesight will improve progressively. With macular degeneration there are actually two different types that people may suffer from. The first type is wet macular, which is actually caused by the growth of new blood vessels that are abnormal and will lead to severe loss of vision. And the most common is dry macular degeneration which is generally related with aging, excessive weight...

The article deals with simple herbal remedies to treat various eye diseases, such as, conjunctivitis, inflammation of the eye, opacity in the vitreous body of the eye, cataract and worsening of your eyesight. 1. Mix equal quantities of cornflower blossoms, common toadflax tops and elder blossoms. Infuse a tablespoon of the mix of herbs with 2 glasses of boiling water and leave the tincture to brew for 8 hours. Decant it and rinse your eyes with the decoction to treat conjunctivitis. You can drop it in your eyes and use for compresses, as well. 2. Infuse 3 tablespoons of marsh-mallow root with a glass of cold boiled water and leave the tincture to brew for 8 hours. Use the infusion for compresses...

Apple Smartphone's are not just known for the huge variety of novel features they offer, but they are also renowned for the operative quality and functional repute associated with them. By concentrating on the pivotal trio of pricing, power and style, Apple has been able to capture popular imagination in its truest essence. This has further lent immense support to enhance their credibility and reliability, thereby, making them a trusted brand across national and international borders. However, surviving stiff industry competition and regularly fluctuating markets, Apple has accomplished another feat, yet again. With their vibrancy and efficiency consistently intriguing the world, they have...

All of us are exposed to pigment changes, but golfers because of the long hours spent in the sun, are even more susceptible. One of the most common pigment changes are the appearance of liver spots, age spots and sun spots. By the age of 55, most individuals might expect to have developed at least one age spot, and golfers could expect this earlier. Another sign of aging is dark pigmentation spots and an uneven, blotchy skin tone. Golfers are particularly susceptible to sun spots that appear on the hands, face and neck; areas most exposed to the sun. Dermatologists, doctors and aestheticians are called upon most often to treat these spots. The greatest single cause that accelerates pigmentary...

Glaucoma consists of several types of disorders of the eye, pigmentary glaucoma being one type which, fortunately, is rather rare. The primary symptom of glaucoma in the eye is the buildup of internal eye pressure, or intraocular pressure (IOP). This buildup, if untreated, can eventually damage the optic nerve and in a worst case scenario, result in blindness. The interior of the eye is filled with a fluid, aqueous humor. The eye is constructed to allow occasional draining or discharge of some of this fluid to prevent the internal pressure of the eye from becoming too great. When glaucoma is present, the drainage mechanism has been interrupted, leading to increasing pressure. This normally occurs...

Your thyroid gland controls many body processes, such as the rate of metabolism. This butterfly-shaped endocrine gland manufactures and secretes thyroxin (T4) in response to the release of TSH from the pituitary gland. The thyroid responds by producing and secreting the needed amount of thyroid hormone into the blood stream. If there is not enough T4 in the system, it is classified as hypothyroidism. On the other hand, if there is too much thyroid hormone it is called hyperthyroidism. Both conditions are autoimmune diseases denoting thyroid hormone imbalance that can show outward signs of it's existence, such as thyroid eye disease. What Is Thyroid Eye Disease? Thyroid eye disease, or TED, is...

Although chelation therapy for prevention and treatment of degenerative circulatory diseases is practiced by hundreds of medical doctors in the USA and Europe, it remains controversial, inasmuch as it is misunderstood, its use being grossly under investigated by mainstream medicine except in treating a narrow range of conditions such as lead and other heavy metal toxicity or acute hypercalcaemia (increased calcium levels in the blood). Ironically, it was the medical use of chelation therapy in removing toxic metals which first led to the discovery of its hugely beneficial 'side-effects' of dramatically enhanced circulatory function. Those doctors who have examined chelation therapy in action and...

High blood sugar from diabetes can damage the retina of the eye and this is called diabetic retinophy. This is a medical term for the damage caused to the retina by tiny blood vessels at the back of the eye bursting. This damage to he retina happens slowly from having high blood sugar and high blood pressure. At first they swell and weaken and can break and leak blood into the vitreous part of the eye. That's the jelly-like fluid in the eye. This may cause floating spots or almost total darkness. Sometimes the blood will clear up by its self or sometimes surgery can remove it. It is important to get your eyes examined because the weakened and swollen blood vessels can form scar tissue and pull the...

A detached retina is a condition whereby the retina peels away from the tissue that supports it. People who have only slight retinal detachment can often still see fairly well, but if the detachment progresses it can lead to total loss of vision in the affected eye. This condition can be expected to occur at least once during the lifetime of about 1 in 300 individuals. However, it is more common in people with severe myopia, who have about a 1 in 20 chance of developing this condition. Retinal detachment can also occur more frequently after cataract surgery. Detached retina surgery - also called retinal detachment surgery - is often prescribed by a doctor in for people who develop this condition...

The Apple iPhone 4 has a Retina display multi-touch screen providing one of the sharpest and the highest resolution phone screens so far on the market. The latest in the series of impressive phones, also offers a VGA front camera for video calling with its own unique video calling application, multi-tasking with more than one app at a time, and HD video recording and editing with the back camera, now also featuring a built-in LED flash. The handset features a brand new design type, resembling a more box-like design then the previous models and includes the new highly durable glass cover as used on high speed trains and helicopters to cover the amazingly vibrant touch screen display through which the...

Do you wish for a phone that can make you enjoy all the benefits of a high resolution display? With the iPhone 4, you get just this. There are so many things for you to enjoy with this high resolution display. With this display, viewing contents on the phone will be purely pleasure. We all know what we would like to improve when it comes to mobile phone technology. You may have a technologically advanced phone, poor qualities offered by these displays will make you squint and strain your eyes. Apple has now come up with a solution to this problem. Display Capabilities The phone's display is a 3.5 inch diagonal display. It has a resolution of 960 x 640 pixels at 326 ppi. It has an 800:1 contrast...

The new "Retina" display is undoubtedly the centerpiece of Apple's new iPhone 4. Every other feature that the phone has fades away in comparison to this absolutely amazing screen. The first time I laid my hands on the iPhone 4 I honestly believed that the phone was a feature of the display and not vice versa. Much of the magic comes from the implementing of ground breaking technologies which allows pixels to be only 78 micrometers wide. As a result, the new iPhone has 326 pixels per inch, four times more then any other previous model. The new screen looks crisp and sharp even during high level zoom in. Apple has also used something called IPS (in-plane switching) for the screen. This, as well as the...

Retinal Detachment Surgery Surgery is the only treatment for retinal detachment. The goals of surgery are: * To reattach the retina. See an illustration of a detached retina. * To prevent or reverse vision loss. Almost all retinal detachments can be repaired with scleral buckle surgery or pneumatic retinopexy. But even with such a high rate of success for surgery, it is important to act quickly. The longer you wait to have surgery, the lower the chances that good vision will be restored. Once the retina loses contact with its supporting layers, vision begins to get worse. An eye doctor (ophthalmologist) who specializes in retinal detachments will usually perform surgery within a few days of your...

The phone comes in either black or white and it can shoot HD 720p videos at 30 frames per second with its 5 mega pixel digital camera. The device comes fully equipped with both Wi Fi and 3G for high speed connectivity and gives you complete social network coverage. The iPhone 4 looks stunning; the rounded edges of the last model have slightly sharpened up for a modernized look and the screen looks so much brighter, the contrast ratio is fantastic, there is a special oleophobic coating on the front display and back casing to prevent finger smudges, and the new stainless steel trim and buttons gives the phone a lovely finish in collaboration with the stress tested glass face and back casing. The new...

There is no one macular degeneration magnifier that is going to meet all of your visual needs. There are different magnifiers for different tasks, such as a full page magnifier for reading a book, a hand held magnifying glass to read instructions or a pocket magnifier for checking a price tag. The four main requirements for a magnifier to work for you are: 1. Select the right magnifying power for your eyes Use the weakest magnifying power that does not cause eye strain. The higher the magnifying number the smaller the viewing area. Conversely, the smaller the magnifying power the larger the viewing area. 2. Select the right style magnifier for the task intended Different tasks require different...

How do I Choose the Right Macular Degeneration Magnifier? In order to select the best type of magnifier to meet your individual magnification one needs to consider: The Lens Size The lens size needs to be large enough to see as much as possible and/or small enough to carry in your pocket or purse. The Magnification Magnification is the ratio between the apparent size and the true size of the viewed object behind the lens. If an object behind the lens appears ten times larger than its true size, and the object is in focus, the magnification is 10X. Focal length Focal Length has do to with how far the magnifier needs to be from your eyes and from the object. The stronger the magnification, the shorter...

The Ningxia Wolfberry (pronounced "Ning-sha") is a tasty red berry which is grown organically in the Ningxia Province of Northern China, near inner Mongolia. Here it is fed by pure glacial water, and a mineral rich soil. Although there are many varieties of Wolfberry in China (commonly called Goji Berries), it's the Ningxia variety of Goji Berry (botanical name Lycium barbarum v. ningxia) that is renowned throughout China for its powerful properties. The Ningxia Goji Berry is not just your average fruit. It's a powerful superfood, containing more betacarotene than carrots, more calcium than cauliflower, more protein than bee pollen (it's 16% protein by weight, making it a high-protein fruit), more...

Macular degeneration is a terrifying disease that is the leading cause of blindness in people who are 40 years old or older though most people have never even heard about it. What happens is a tiny fuzzy dot begins to appear in the center of your vision. That tiny dot begins to grow as time goes on getting larger and larger until the fuzzy dot covers your entire eye sight range and all you see is blurryness. I think now you realize why I described it as a terrifying disease or condition! In this article today I would like to discuss several things you can do to help protect yourself from macular degeneration and how to prevent it from beginning in the first place. While there are some treatments...

Antioxidants and Free Radicals Many of the risk factors that contribute to the development of macular degeneration can be tied to free radicals and the damage they cause. Causes such as sunlight, smoking, and environmental toxins, all result in free radical damage which are especially toxic to our eyes and to the rest of our body. Free radical damage is a very real concern - and I am not just talking about your eyes. Free radicals cause cell damage - at the DNA level - which can result in inflammation, aging, cancer and autoimmune disorders. How do they cause this damage? Free radicals are the result of normal chemical reactions in the body called oxidation which then leaves the body with thousands...

Perception is the way you look at things. It's the meaning you give to something. I once heard a woman in a wheelchair say that when most people look at her wheelchair they see it as something that confines her, something that holds her down. She said, "Oh no, my wheelchair does not confine me. It takes me places I otherwise could never go." If given an opportunity, where could the challenge of Macular Degeneration and vision loss take you? I lost my eyesight when I was eight years old. Do you think I saw that as being a good thing? Absolutely not. I saw it as being a terrible thing. As I grew into my teenage years, I was becoming more and more angry. I was angry for being different, angry for...

They say that people over fifty are at the most risk of developing macular degeneration. Macular Degeneration or MD is a common cause of blindness in the States. MD is the loss of the central field of vision, and it leaves you with only peripheral vision. An increase in the amount of Omega 3 fatty acids in our diet can help to reduce the risk of MD I remember being told when I was younger, that using monounsaturated oils and spreads on our bread could cause blind spots in our vision. I now think that was good advice, I just wish I had taken notice of that advice. The article that I read stated that there are over two million people with MD in the United States alone. The loss of central vision makes...

If one is serious about their health, then they have to make sure that they take care of their eyes as well. There are four types of glaucoma that can attack the eyes. Acute glaucoma is a very serious disease and needs to be treated immediately. Making sure that you have an annual eye exam will go a long way towards making sure that you have your vision for many years to come. There are four types of this disease, but acute glaucoma is different in that it can develop suddenly and do serious damage in a short amount of time. It usually works by causing pressure to be increased within the eye. Generally, this happens slowly and the person is not aware of what is going on. In this type of glaucoma the...

Choroid plexus carcinoma is an uncommon, cancerous kind of this tumor. It is not treated with operation only, but requires extra therapy including chemotherapy and sometimes radioactivity therapy. Hydrocephalus may remain and is managed by CSF shunting. Choroid plexus papillomas are one of the most common tumors of the nervous system in infants. The most frequent early symptoms, megalocephalia and vomiting, caused by elevated intracranial pressure often lead to a diagnosis only at a critical clinical stage. CPPs are commonly observed in the lateral ventricles of children, but they can be encountered in adults. While the vast majority of these neoplasms are benign, a small percentage can be malignant...

Choroid plexus cysts (CPCs) are cysts that occur within choroid plexus of the brain. Choroid plexus cysts (CPC's) are sometimes found on ultrasound scan at around 18 to 20 weeks gestation. Choroid Plexus Cysts are believed to derive from folding of the neuroepithelium with subsequent accumulation of CSF and debris. The choroid plexus has the important function of producing a fluid called cerebrospinal fluid. The fluid produced by the cells of the choroid plexus fills the ventricles and then flows around the brain and the spinal cord to provide a cushion of fluid around these structures. CPCs can organize within this system and go from graceful trapped within this soft bed of cells, often like a soap...

The iPhone 4 White has a Home button below the 3.5 inch multi-touch Retina display to provide instant access to all the apps as well as the icons featured at the bottom including the phone, Mail and Safari web browser. It also has a powerful main camera for HD video recording and image capture as well as more from the operating system. With one tap of the iPod icon on the Home screen, the user is taken into their own world of music, videos and entertainment, all of which can be added to at anytime through the integrated iTunes Store app. Music and videos are sorted in the library and can be synchronised easily with iTunes on a computer too. With the new multi-tasking capabilities offered, it is also...

Macular degeneration is a disease that many older Americans have to deal with on a daily basis. While there is no macular degeneration cure, it can be managed and treated quite successfully. People suffering with the disease have certain treatment options that will help improve their vision and may at least delay the progression of the disease. There are certain risk factors involved when looking at macular degeneration. It is generally associated with environmental conditions and genetic factors. It is definitely age-related and most often occurs in people over the age of 50. Caucasians are more like to develop the disease than other races. Women experience it more often than men and smokers of...

There are various treatments available for the different manifestations of diabetic retinopathy. It used to be that laser treatment, of one form or the other, was the treatment of choice. Nowadays, there are intraocular injections of steroids, anti-VEGF medications, in addition to the traditional laser. Very soon, sustained release drug delivery systems will be an option, too. Laser Treatment used to be the mainstay for treating macular edema, that is, swelling of the retina caused by leaky retinal blood vessels. The macular edema is the most common way diabetic patients can lose vision and it happens to almost every patient. If the swelling develops right in the center of the retina, called the...

The term "dry eye" refers to a wide spectrum of ocular conditions. The most common symptoms are dry, red, gritty, and even watery eyes. It often feels as though there is something foreign on your eye. Every time we blink, tear glands within the eyelid secrete tears. These tears lubricate the eye and help prevent infection. A healthy tear film consists primarily of a delicate balance of two layers. A thin outer oily layer reduces evaporation of the tears. Below the outer oily layer is a watery layer called the aqueous layer, which makes up 98% of the tear film. It helps rinse and clean the front surface of the eye. These normal tears nourish and refresh the eyes. When the normal tear film breaks down...

If you suffer from extra skin on your eye lids then you should consider talking to a specialist about laser eye lift. Puffy eyes or dark circles around the eyes don't make for an appealing appearance and for those who fall under these categories, it 's a major ritual everyday just performing makeshift work to mask the unsightly appearance presented by these conditions. A black eye is the result of a contusion, which is a fancy name for a bruise. Bruises occur whenever your body takes a sharp blow that breaks capillaries and causes blood to leak into surrounding tissues, collecting at the point of damage. Eventually, when blood leaks into the top layer of skin, it shows as purple. For some reason...

Nowadays, with the development of various electric products such as television, computer, mobile phone, MP4, more and more people come to be trapped with the eye problem. And people's wrong postures and habits in daily life when they are reading will bring bad effects on their eyes. Therefore, the serious outcome of the poor eyesight has become a very important issue today. No one can underestimate the function of their eyes in their whole life. Near-sightedness, far-sightedness or glaucoma is the most common eyesight problems. People are searching for methods to have them solve their eyesight problems. Some people choose to wear eyeglasses, some use contact lens, and even some of them determine to...

Unfortunately there is no medically proven treatment available for DRY AMD, but if you suffer from the wet variety, laser beams and drugs are now able to halt the progression of the visual loss and in some cases restore a degree of vision to the patient. Currently there are three types of treatment available for the wet condition also known as neovascular employing a hot laser, a cold laser and anti-vascular endothelial growth factor. The process using a hot laser to seal leaking blood vessels is called Photocoagulation but can only be used in a small number of cases where the leaking blood vessels are not located directly in the centre of the macula. Photodynamic therapy, on the other hand, uses a...

Degeneration is a medical condition which results in vision loss in the center of the visual field (the macula) because of damage to the retina. Macular degeneration can advance to legal blindness and inability to drive. The macula, a paper-thin tissue is located roughly in the center of the retina and at the back of the eye where light sensitive cells send visual signals to the brain. It is temporal to the optic nerve. It is a small and highly sensitive part of the retina responsible for your detailed central vision. Sharp, clear, straight-ahead vision is processed by the macula, and damage to it results in blind spots and blurred or distorted vision. Macular degeneration can occur in either a dry...

it is a genetic disease inherited in most cases. Apart from rare exceptions, only men are affected in Duchenne myopathy. The mothers are carriers of an anomaly of a chromosome X. They can transmit genetic abnormalities to their children: if you have a child, this is in theory a possibility of having the two disease. If a girl is a possibility of being a carrier 2. Children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy have a near absence of dystrophin, a protein essential for the muscles that is supposedly responsible for maintaining the structure of muscle cells. You can avoid the appearance of this disease when it occurs in a family where there are known cases of this disease, using genetic counseling and...

"Of all sense organs eye is the most important!" However educated and rich the man is, if he does not give the required care for his eyes, he will not be able to make difference between day and night and his life will be useless with all his dreams and desires going waste..." Ayurveda holds the magic wand that has the potential to cure many dreadful diseases of eye which are directly responsible for vision loss. Some of the diseases are Diabetic Retinopathy, Pathological Myopia, Macular Degeneration, Retinitis Pigmentosa, Optic Atrophy etc. Ayurvedic Opthalmology: Ayurveda has the specialized branch in Ophthalmology named as Shalakya Tantra. It describes in detail the diagnosis and treatment of 76...

The smoking ban in public places in England starts on the 1st July and is part of a government initiative to reduce smoking related diseases. These include respiratory, vascular and malignant conditions. As optometrists, will we see any clinical effect from the ban? Smoking has clearly been linked to cataracts. Studies have shown that smokers have up to a three-fold increase of developing nuclear sclerosis. Although potentially devastating to patients in developing countries where medical treatment is not so readily available, due to the advances in cataract surgery, many people in the western world with nuclear sclerosis undergo surgery and any degradation to the vision is eliminated. Macular...

If one wants to maximize the benefits of vision protection afforded, then one needs to know what lutein dosage to take if one is going to be using it. An appropriate lutein dosage has been estimated by researchers and noted by the American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF). It is essential to ensure that one gets this amount in their daily intake. Lutein is found in the central macula of the retina where it helps protect against oxidation and high energy light. Together with zeaxanthin which is found in the peripheral retina, the two are known as macular pigments and changes in their concentration in old age are associated with a loss of vision known as macular degeneration. It is known that a...

Most people are not aware of this fact or choose to ignore it but smoking can be very damaging to your eyes. The chemicals from cigarettes can cause inflammation of the conjunctiva, causing your eyes to be irritated, and turning red. Studies have indicated that a correlation between smoking and a development of cataracts. Smoking is also found to be related to eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration. Although the causes are not understood fully, most researchers believe that smoking is a preventable factor. Evidence have found that approximately a quarter of cases of the disease is also link to past or current smoking habits. Smoking can also cause the constriction of blood vessels...

Your Mom always told you to eat your carrots, they were good for your eyes. Well she was right, but now we know there are foods that are even better. Fruits, they are packed with nutrition, supercharged with antioxidants, and full of phytonutrients. I'm not talking about the mundane boring few well waxed tasteless varieties we find in the local grocery store. But real fruits with deep full colors grown in soils rich in organics and far from the pollution and runoff from big cities and industries. The American diet is lacking in fruit and the result is an increase in preventable diseases. Fruit can put our bodies in balance so it can work as nature intended. Listed below are a few fruits that are...

you ever walked out of the optometrist’s office with a new prescription for glasses and contacts, only to be utterly amazed at what you can actually and suddenly see? You notice all the details you never noticed before, the colors, the textures, even how sharp and in focus everything is. It is admittedly a neat surprise. But did you know that there are nutritional supplements that specifically support wonderful healthy eyes and possibly prevent debilitating diseases of the eye, such as macular degeneration, cataracts, glaucoma. There are nutrients that can stop or relieve some of these more common vision problems that we can experience, especially as we age. The eye is a delicate organ and the...

It is useful to consider how much lutein is good for the eyes because it enables one to determine whether they are getting it in sufficient quantities or not. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) recommend a daily range of 6 to 30 mg. This is a wide range and one's requirement will depend on individual status. If one needs it for maintenance then their need may not be as high as that of one who needs to make up for lost macular pigment. Researchers following up on 2 patients who were given lutein supplement discovered that after 140 days, one had an increase of 20% in macular pigment while another had 40% which clearly shows the individual differences. Having determined the daily...

If you notice any of the following symptoms...GET TO A DOCTOR - Reduced visual acuity (blurred vision) Difficulty distinguishing faces or doing any other activity which requires fine vision. - Poor colour vision. Including the need for increased illumination, sensitivity to glare, and decreased night vision. - Distortion Straight lines may appear wavy or bent. For example, tiles in the bathroom appear wavy or window frames are not straight. - Blind spots Dark patches or empty spaces can appear in the centre of your vision. It's possible that you may be in the early stages of Age related macular eye disease or AMD AMD stands for Atrophic Macular Degeneration. It is the leading cause of middle aged...

There are many herbal, nutritional, alternative and vitamin supplements that have been suggested to improve eye sight, and prevent ocular disease. While some have positive effects on the visual system, there are others that can become toxic and have a destructive influence on the eyes. It is generally believed that a well balanced "American" diet does not require supplements, and their true value is negligible. While many have some benefit, care must be taken since supplements can interact negatively with other medications and even foods that are ingested. For example, milk negates the positive antioxidant affects of tea, and citrus increases the pharmaceutical benefit of cholesterol lowering...