Age-related macular degeneration or ARMD is a condition where the central vision is gradually lost, but excluding the peripheral vision. The central vision is handled by the macula so ARMD is a degenerative disorder concerning the macula. Once the cells of the macula are affected, it could get damaged and eventually die.
The central vision is important in driving, reading, doing very detailed work and recognizing faces. The rate of decline can be different from a couple of months to years which are largely dependent of the severity and type of ARMD. There is permanent visual loss caused by ARMD but treatment intervention can delay or stop the rate of decline of visual loss.
ARMD puts the elderly people at high risk. But there are also very rare cases of macular degeneration involving younger people. Essentially, ARMD is capable of affecting anyone. This condition is a very common cause of serious visual problems in UK. This condition worsens as the patient gets older. Once ARMD infects one eye, the patient must anticipate that it will also infect the other eye as well. About one in every one hundred people in the age range of sixty-five to seventy-five and one in every eight people aged above eighty-five can have a severe ARMD which could cause blindness. Women who are aged seventy-five and above are a higher risk of acquiring ARMD than most men in the same age range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When a person looks at objects, the light emanating from the object would go through the cornea, then go the lens and then hit the retina which is located at the pack portion of the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The macula is where the light from objects is focused on. In order to see clearly, the macula should be healthy as it is very important in driving, reading, writing, studying, and recognizing faces. The remaining parts of the retina are mainly for peripheral vision. Even without the macula, a person can still see but the central vision is lost. Once the central vision is lost, normal sight can also be affected a great deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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