| Macular degeneration usually generates a gradual | | | | adjusting to low levels of lighting, printed or |
| and painless loss of vision. The signs and | | | | written words starting to appear increasingly |
| symptoms of AMD may depend upon what type | | | | blurry, colors appear less bright, difficulty |
| of the disease a person may have - Dry AMD or | | | | recognizing faces and people, gradual increase in |
| Wet AMD. Retinal examinations such as | | | | the haziness of overall vision, blurred or blind spot |
| Ophthalmoscopy, Vision testing, Fundus | | | | in the center of the visual field, with a |
| photography, Amsler grid test and Fluorescein | | | | considerable drop in the central vision acuity and a |
| angiography may also detect early signs of | | | | need to scan eyes all around an object to get a |
| macular Degeneration before symptoms occur. | | | | complete image. |
| The general symptoms common to both dry and | | | | The symptoms associated with wet macular |
| wet of Macular Degeneration include loss of | | | | degeneration may include visual distortions such as |
| central vision, difficulty reading or performing | | | | straight lines appearing wavy or crooked, or |
| tasks that involve detail and close work, and | | | | objects appearing smaller or farther away than |
| blurred or distorted vision such as wavy or bent | | | | they are, decrease in or loss of central vision and |
| appearances of straight lines. | | | | dark spots in the center of vision. Peripheral vision |
| Some of the symptoms associated with dry | | | | may appear normal. Vision loss may be rapid and |
| Macular Degeneration may include the increasing | | | | severe in Wet Macular Degeneration after |
| need for brighter lighting when reading or | | | | symptoms have appeared, and may also result in |
| performing tasks that involve detail, difficulty | | | | legal blindness. |