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  1. Macular Degeneration: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

    Macular degeneration is primarily an age-related retinal condition. There are two types of macular degeneration — wet and dry. You may lose central vision, but you aren’t likely to lose all of your …

  2. Understanding Macular Degeneration - American Academy of …

    Nov 25, 2025 · This grid helps detect changes like wavy, missing, or distorted lines, which are early signs of macular changes. Checking each eye separately and reporting new distortions to your eye …

  3. Macula - Wikipedia

    The macula is the central part of the retina of the human eye, its center slightly shifted to the temporal side. (The location in the image is misleading: it looks as if the macula were far removed from the …

  4. Dry macular degeneration - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Dec 6, 2024 · Dry macular degeneration is an eye condition that causes blurred vision or reduced central vision. It is caused by the breakdown of a part of the retina known as the macula (MAK-u …

  5. The American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF)

    Here to help you learn about and live with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD), offering you healthy living tips, the latest information, and ways to honor those touched by macular disease, while …

  6. What is the macula? Why is it important? - Macular Society

    It’s a round, yellow spot that has a slight oval shape and is only about 5mm across, but is responsible for our central vision, most of our colour vision and the fine detail of what we see. A healthy macula is …

  7. Macular degeneration - Harvard Health

    Nov 20, 2024 · Macular degeneration is a common cause of vision problems among older people. Macular degeneration is also called age-related macular degeneration, or AMD. AMD damages the …

  8. Macular Degeneration: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment | U.S. News

    Feb 6, 2025 · Macular degeneration is a disease of the retina, a thin tissue layer in the back of the eye that helps us sense light and send images of what we see to our brain through your optic nerve. The...

  9. Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

    Oct 9, 2024 · Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is an ocular disease affecting central vision. Find out more about what causes it and how to prevent it.

  10. Is It Possible To Stop or Slow Down Macular Degeneration?

    Sep 18, 2024 · You cannot reverse or cure macular degeneration, but you can slow down and stop this eye disease from getting worse and impacting your vision.