Information About Age-Related
Macular Degeneration (AMD)

What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

Information About Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

What is Age-Related Macular Degeneration?

Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is the most common cause of vision loss in people over the age of 65.  In its more advanced stages, AMD will cause patients to have a very noticeable decrease in their ability to see “sharply,” or to use focused vision, which is the type of vision required for reading or watching television.  For about 90 out of every 100 patients with AMD, this loss of vision is a very gradual process.  Patients who show this gradual vision decrease have what is often called the “dry” form of AMD.  However, for the remaining 10 out of every 100 patients who are diagnosed with the “wet” form of AMD, there can be a very rapid and dramatic loss of vision.