A low vision specialist is someone who has been trained to maximize individuals’ ability to utilize their impaired vision. Vision can be maximized through a variety of methods. On one end of the spectrum, it...
I Have Often Heard Macular Degeneration Referred To Simply As “macula.” Is Macula Another Word For Macular Degeneration? Macula is not an abbreviation for macular degeneration. While many people refer to macular degeneration simply as...
Vision is measured by eye charts placed at standard distances from a patient. The Snellen eye chart is the standard eye chart used for measuring visual acuity in eye clinics as well as many physicians’...
True blindness is when an eye is not capable of seeing any images or light. Even extremely bright lights directed right at the eye are not seen. Legal blindness refers to an eye’s ability to...
No. Total blindness from macular degeneration is extremely rare. Macular degeneration typically affects the central part of vision, referred to as the macula. The macula actually represents a very small component of a patient’s overall...
This has been a somewhat controversial question, as many patients have both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration. As patients’ cataracts have pro-gressed, some have held off vision-improving surgery due to the fear of it impacting...
A cataract is a clouding of the natural lens of the eye. The lens of the eye helps to focus, or direct, images from the front of the eye onto the retina. It must be...
Yes, although questions remain as to whether this is truly age-related macular degeneration or simply another form of macular degeneration. Younger patients can develop drusen and pigment changes characteristic of those seen in older patients...
If So, At What Age Should We Be Concerned? The risk of age-related macular degeneration and sub-sequent visual loss clearly increases with age. The risk of visual loss in patients under 50 years of age...
The presence of some degree of age-related macular degeneration in elderly patients in the United States is quite common. Somewhere between 10 and 15 million elderly Americans have some form of age-related macular degeneration. Seven...
The macula is the center part of the retina responsible for clear central vision. The macula actually occupies only a small part of the overall retina but is critically important to vision. It is the...
The retina is the tissue lining the inside of the eye. It is a light-sensitive tissue that lines most of the eye, excluding the clear front part of the eye (the cornea). It is easiest...
Age-related macular degeneration is a degenerative disease affecting the center part of the retina known as the macula. The macula, which is described in more detail in macula, is the center part of the retina...