| ARMD is a type of disease which causes the | | | | known as the CNV, the progress of the blood |
| progressive damage to macula (the center part | | | | vessels that are abnormal underneath the RPE |
| retina that permits us for seeing fine details). | | | | layer of retina. |
| Once the macula deteriorates, persons can | | | | Development of the Macular Degeneration |
| experience the blurredness or darkness at the | | | | Drusen develops from harder form to soft. It |
| center of their visualization. | | | | multiplies in number, sizes and joins together to |
| The macular degeneration can lead to the loss of | | | | finally develop into dry or wet degeneration of |
| central vision that is very much needed for | | | | macular. In addition the pigment changes takes |
| important activities such as driving, reading and | | | | place into the retina, and the danger of developing |
| recognition of faces. Peripheral sight is generally | | | | the dry and then wet macular will increase |
| preserved into macular degeneration, hence, | | | | noticeably. |
| blindness do not normally occur even to the | | | | All in all, the danger of the development of |
| advanced stage of macular disease. On the other | | | | macular disease is powerfully dependent to ages |
| hand, central vision looses impairs ability on | | | | and the stages of age-relating maculophaty. As a |
| performing most of the activities in the everyday | | | | result, the person at 80 years and older has a |
| living and causes more difficulties for the person | | | | very high risk in developing the macular |
| to live through independent lives. | | | | degeneration after the next five years. |
| 2 forms of macular degeneration: | | | | The risk in early development of maculopathy is |
| Atrophic or Dry Macular - it is the common form | | | | then depending to the ages. Once you have a |
| of this disease and reports for 90 percent of the | | | | normal retina, after five years the risk of |
| total AMD. Classic laceration in this dry macular is | | | | developing the retinal changes of maculopathy is |
| called the Geographic atrophy that causes harsh | | | | approximately 0.7 percent if you are 60 years or |
| center visual loss. It has no available treatment; | | | | less and 22.5 percent if you are above 80 years |
| laser or others that can stop or overturn the | | | | old. |
| persisting progression of the dry macular | | | | When one eye is suffering from macular |
| degeneration that is related to visual loss. The sign | | | | degeneration, the other one is also at a very high |
| of lesion that can lead to the progress of | | | | risk of developing the disease as well. The danger |
| Geographic atrophy was a small yellow-colored | | | | of the other eye that is developing macular |
| macular lesion known as "drusen" | | | | degeneration has been reported to about 55 |
| Neovascular or Wet Macular - it is the less | | | | percent into the AREDS and about 38 percent at |
| common form but it is also the most severe | | | | the Rotterdam Study. |
| compared to the dry form. It reports at roughly | | | | Comparison of data from the diverse studies |
| 10 percent of the total AMD but 90 percent from | | | | show that the risk in mounting macular |
| all the blindness caused by the disease. It is | | | | degeneration was higher at the US compared to |
| portrayed by choroidal neovascularization also | | | | the European populace. |