Detecting Changes in Your Vision

Normally for those with dry age related macular degeneration, this retinal disease progresses slowly and for most people it never turns into wet AMD - the type that causes more vision loss.

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When these fragile blood vessels develop, they leak blood and fluid into the macula, raising the normally flat surface to a raised surface causing straight lines to appear wavy.

Why is it so important to detect these changes in your vision? Because early detection and treatment of wet AMD is critical.

When these new, fragile blood vessels leak blood into the macula, it causes the photoreceptor cells to die. The sooner the leaky blood vessels are detected and treated, the less loss of central vision.

Wet macular degeneration treatment does not normally restore lost vision, although you may see some improvement. The main goal of wet AMD treatment is to prevent further loss of vision by stopping the blood vessels from leaking any further.

That's why many eye doctors recommend the regular and often, daily monitoring of one's vision using the Amsler Grid.

If you have macular degeneration, do you have an Amsler Grid? Do you know how to use it and if so what symptoms should alert you to call your eye doctor?

Find out how to get a free Amsler Grid, how to use it and when to call your ophthalmologist by clicking here:

Amsler Grid

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Leslie Degner, RN, BSN

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