| Truth be told: there is a huge variety of eye | | | | blurry features of a person might be seen, but |
| conditions that people tend to suffer from. | | | | the outline of the face would be clear. Distortion, |
| Although many of these can be corrected early | | | | whiteout spots or broken images are also |
| on with proper medical intervention (corrective | | | | commonly noted. |
| glasses, surgery, pharmaceutical products,) some | | | | Macular degeneration is a rather slow progressing |
| conditions are brought on by the onset of | | | | condition. That means that it takes years and |
| advanced age. In which case, very little corrective | | | | years for the person to notice the gradually |
| measures can be given. Age-related macular | | | | dimming or blurring of his or her vision. Depending |
| degeneration or AMD is one such condition. | | | | upon the state of the macula and overall seeing |
| According to the stats, there is a growing number | | | | prowess, some people claim to that their vision |
| of elderly suffering from AMD yearly; about 9% | | | | has this gradual widening of the areas they cannot |
| of the present population is already afflicted. And | | | | make out anymore. In other cases, people claim |
| there are projections that in 5 years time, that | | | | that there is a gradual darkening or whitening of |
| number might double. | | | | areas, resulting in a vision filled with small patches. |
| But what is macular degeneration - can it be | | | | Macular degeneration affects the elderly the most. |
| cured? | | | | Almost 89% of all cases are AMDs or age-related |
| In order to fully understand this medical condition, | | | | macular degeneration. However, there are |
| we need to point out certain parts of the human | | | | reported cases of children below the age of 10 |
| eye. The macula lutea, or simply macula is a | | | | who have the said condition. Unfortunately, this |
| yellow spot that can found near the center of | | | | medical condition is also hereditary, brought on by |
| one's retina. This extremely small yellow spot is | | | | genes that can also cause an assortment of |
| responsible for absorbing too much illumination | | | | diseases. |
| from our surroundings and shields us from | | | | The sad thing about this is that there is still no |
| reflected light that can impair our vision. The | | | | known cure or remedy yet for macular |
| macula is also responsible for providing clarity to | | | | degeneration. Prevention is also a dicey subject |
| the eye's central vision. As the name suggests | | | | since genetics and diseases are two of the most |
| then, macular degenerationis the gradual or | | | | primary considerations here. However, health care |
| progressive deterioration of that yellow spot, | | | | providers are advocating ways on how to slow |
| causing the person to suffer from blotched out | | | | down the progression of this medical condition. |
| central vision. | | | | One would be to get an eye exam ASAP, |
| A person with this condition would very likely see | | | | especially if you know that your family has a |
| (from afar) the background and the people in his | | | | history of macular degeneration. Another |
| or her surrounding without being able to distinguish | | | | recommendation is to shift to a healthier lifestyle, |
| specific details. A perpetually dark, grayish or | | | | especially for people already at the prime of their |
| extremely light mark seems to be blocking small | | | | life. When it comes to diet, an antioxidant and |
| sections out of the images. From up close, the | | | | omega-3 fatty acid diet would be beneficial. |