| Macular degeneration is a usual eye disorder | | | | or some other changes in your vision, consult |
| coupled with aging. It distorts the sharp, vital | | | | your eye doctor right away. You must have a |
| vision needed for activities like reading, sewing and | | | | complete dilated eye examination. |
| driving. In some persons, the disease develops | | | | Macular degeneration dry type happens once the |
| gradually that it contains small outcome on their | | | | cells within the macula gradually break down, and |
| sight as they grow older. However, in other | | | | slowly cause the blurring of the central |
| persons, the disorder develops faster and can | | | | visualization in eye affected. As the dry |
| cause the loss of sight in one eye or both eyes. | | | | degeneration becomes worse, you can see the |
| This disease is also known as age-related macular | | | | blurred blot at the midpoint of you sight. As time |
| degeneration. | | | | goes by, the central vision within the eye that is |
| There are 2 forms of macular degeneration; the | | | | affected can be lost gradually. |
| wet and dry macular degeneration. Around ninety | | | | Slightly distorted vision is the common sign of dry |
| percent of people's with the disease has the "dry" | | | | type of macular degeneration. You may |
| form and the other ten percent contain the "wet" | | | | experience the difficulty in recognizing faces, and |
| type. But the "wet" form accounts for ninety | | | | you will need more illumination for reading and |
| percent of the total loss of sight from the illness. | | | | doing other tasks. The dry type usually affects |
| Wet macular deterioration takes place when | | | | the two eyes; however, vision may be gone in |
| irregular blood vessels at the back portion of | | | | one of the eyes while the one seems not |
| retina begin to grow beneath the macula. These | | | | affected. |
| newly developed blood vessels have the tendency | | | | The most common sign of dry type is drusen; |
| to become extremely delicate, and frequently | | | | they are yellow deposits beneath the retina. They |
| leak fluid and blood. The fluid and blood lift the | | | | are frequently seen in persons over sixty years |
| macula from its original place at the rear side in | | | | old. These drusens can be detected during a |
| the eye. The macula is damaged rapidly. | | | | complete dilated examination of the eye. |
| Loss of main vision occurs rapidly if you have wet | | | | Dry type contains three stages which may |
| type of macular degeneration. This is the more | | | | happen in one eye or both eyes: |
| highly developed form of illness, and is more | | | | 1. Early |
| serious than dry type. The early signs of wet | | | | 2. Intermediate |
| type of macular degeneration are the straight | | | | 3. |
| lines emerging wavy. If you observe this situation | | | | |