| Dry Macular Degeneration is an age related | | | | symptoms, do not be afraid or embarrassed to |
| disease that causes the deterioration of the tissue | | | | discuss these hallucinations with your physician. |
| located in your central line of vision. It affects | | | | You may be surprised to know that these |
| your retina which is the layer of tissue lying inside | | | | hallucinations have a diagnosed name - Charles |
| the back of your eyeball. Though it does not | | | | Bonnet syndrome. |
| cause total blindness, Dry Macular Degeneration | | | | Specific causes are not known. Researchers are |
| does cause severe blurriness and central vision | | | | still trying to find the root cause of this vision |
| blind spots which is all necessary to do the | | | | disorder. In the early stages of Dry Macular |
| everyday tasks of life such as driving, reading or | | | | Degeneration there is generally no vision damage. |
| even recognizing faces. The majority of those | | | | Small to medium sized drusen (yellow fat-like |
| affected by Dry Macular Degeneration are over | | | | deposits) can be detected by your |
| the age of 50, although there are cases of | | | | ophthalmologist, but at this stage, it is only |
| Juvenile Dry Macular Degeneration as well. | | | | monitored. During the second stage of |
| The symptoms begin subtly. It is gradual and | | | | degeneration, many more drusen accumulate |
| painless when forming. If you are over the age of | | | | causing blurred vision. You may start needing to |
| 50 and find that you need a much brighter light | | | | have extra light when reading or working. You |
| when reading or if you have an increasingly hard | | | | have reached the advanced stage of Dry Macular |
| time adapting your eyes to a low grade light, you | | | | Degeneration when large drusen have gathered |
| may want to consult your doctor to see if you | | | | and cause severe blurriness. |
| have the beginnings of Dry Macular Degeneration. | | | | You are susceptible to Dry Macular Degeneration |
| This disease does not always affect both eyes. | | | | if you:o Over the age of 50-60o Smoke |
| Often times, only one eye will be affected while | | | | cigaretteso A womano Caucasiano Obeseo Light |
| the other never gets a single symptom of | | | | colored eyes (blue eyes are the most commonly |
| degeneration, making it possible to not have your | | | | affected)o UV light |
| lifestyle altered much. | | | | You cannot stop Dry Macular Degeneration from |
| Many people who have been diagnosed with Dry | | | | progressing or from reversing. Luckily, the |
| Macular Degeneration have reported symptoms | | | | symptoms occur at a slow pace giving you many |
| of hallucinations when their vision becomes more | | | | years of normal to slightly-blurred vision. If you |
| obscured. Odd visions such as geometric shapes, | | | | have only one affected, you have a much better |
| faces and animals are those strange hallucinations | | | | chance to lead a healthy active life. |
| reported most often. If you are having these | | | | |