Understanding Macular Degeneration - American Academy of …
2024年10月1日 · Find out about age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a common vision problem in older adults. Learn about diagnosis, treatment options, and managing your vision with AMD.
AMD Pictures and Videos: What Does Macular Degeneration Look …
2023年1月17日 · View photos of wet and dry macular degeneration and videos about AMD and your eyes. These pictures of retinas - called fundus photographs - show the different effects of wet and dry macular degenerati
Surprising Facts About Age-Related Macular Degeneration
2024年2月2日 · Many people don’t know that age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the leading causes of blindness in those 60 and older. This worrying lack of awareness puts older Americans at risk to a disease that impairs central vision and limits a person’s ability to read, write, and recognize faces.
What to Know After a Macular Degeneration Diagnosis
2023年3月17日 · A macular degeneration diagnosis can seem overwhelming. Many people are frightened about losing vision and anxious about treatment. Learning about the disease can help you feel more in control and give you an advantage in protecting your sight.
Reading an OCT 101: Six Pearls for Reading an Image
2010年5月1日 · The date is equally as important as in macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy, where serial scans are done over multiple visits. 2. Center the image: Make sure the OCT image is centered on what you are interested in imaging.
Visual Field Test - American Academy of Ophthalmology
2022年3月10日 · People who have age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are familiar with one very basic type of visual field test: the Amsler grid. It is a pattern of straight lines that makes a grid of many equal squares.
Myopic macular degeneration - American Academy of …
A, Color fundus photograph of the right eye demonstrating myopic macular degeneration with pigment mottling and lacquer cracks centrally and geographic atrophy in the inferonasal macula. Extensive peripapillary atrophy of the RPE is also present.
3 Steps to Interpret OCTs - American Academy of Ophthalmology
2023年6月11日 · Drusen/Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) Locate pathology: Outer retina, Bruch’s/RPE; Describe pathology: Hyperreflective bumps; Correlate clinically: Usually older, fair-skinned patients, minimal or no symptoms
Nutrition in the Fight Against Eye Disease
2013年8月1日 · Several major population-based studies have pointed to the influence of dietary factors in eye health, and AREDS1 and 2 homed in on specific micronutrients that affect the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
What Is Optical Coherence Tomography? - American Academy of …
2024年9月26日 · They also guide treatment for glaucoma as well as retinal disease, like age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and diabetic eye disease. Optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA) takes pictures of the blood vessels in and under the retina.