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Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD), is a progressive form of vision loss that affects the center of what you see.

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Among the methods optometrists (eye doctors) or ophthalmologists (specialty eye doctors) use to diagnose macular degeneration are several kinds of eye tests and certain imaging techniques. This helps them assess the scale of any damage and ensure that AMD (and not another condition) is leading to vision loss.

AMD occurs due to age-related changes to the macula—the central part of the light-sensitive nerve tissue, or retina, of the eye. Though it doesn’t affect side (peripheral) vision and only rarely causes complete blindness, this condition can progress gradually or rapidly, causing blurriness and other symptoms.

Diagnostic Criteria 

There are two types of macular degeneration: dry (non-exudative) and wet (exudative).

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Dry AMD causes a more gradual loss of vision and progresses through stages. Wet AMD is always severe, and the symptoms advance quickly. Dry AMD can progress into w

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