The “wet” form of age-related macular degeneration is less common than the “dry” form of the disease. But it can be the more harmful one to your vision.

Both dry and wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) involve changes to the macula, part of the retina in your eye. Dry AMD is more common and involves yellow deposits called drusen, which lead ...

Macular degeneration is common in older adults. For every 10 people who have macular degeneration, one or two will get wet AMD. But spotting the wet AMD symptoms early will help you get treatment ...

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Wet macular degeneration can progress much more rapidly than the dry variety, ... Your treatment with Lucentis is a good example. That drug stops the sprouting of those fragile blood vessels.

People with wet macular degeneration can experience vision changes in days or weeks, said Dr. Richard Hamilton, vitreoretinal ophthalmologist at Retina Partners of Florida in Lakeland and Winter ...

Age-related macular degeneration is very common with aging, and the chance of developing it increases with each decade after age 50. If you've been diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration ...

For example, people might become depressed and socially withdrawn because they are having trouble with tasks they once performed easily. Related: How Macular Degeneration Changes What You See Causes ...

Wet macular degeneration comes from a sudden proliferation of fragile blood vessels blossoming in and around the macula. Those vessels leak fluid and blood, and disrupt that sensitive area of sight.

Wet macular degeneration causes abnormal blood vessel development under the macula, an area at the center of the retina that processes visual information. ... For example, if left untreated, ...

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: Everything I read or hear about macular degeneration is always about dry macular degeneration. I happen to have the wet kind, and would like to know what its treatments are. I ...

Some examples include telemicroscopic glasses, which are useful for computer use, ... Medication placed inside the eye can stabilize wet macular degeneration and sometimes even improve vision.