What Is Macular Degeneration?

Macular degneration deals with age related changes in the eye. Watch this video to learn more from Dr. Manvi Maker about macular degeneration.

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Macular degeneration is something that affects the older population. When we take a look in the eye, we

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see some age related changes that happen in the back of the eye that sometimes are not perceived by the patient initially.

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The macular degeneration can be dry or wet, based on the types of changes that we see. So the dry kind typically has some yellow deposits

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that start to accumulate in the back of the eye, which can slowly lead to vision decrease for people. Usually, it affects the central vision and not

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the peripheral vision. So people typically don't go completely blind from it, but their central vision is affected. In the wet kind, you actually have a new blood vessel

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that starts to grow in the back of the eye. And that can be a little bit more devastating quickly for the vision rather than a slow, progressive decrease