Macular Degeneration Treatment
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When it comes to the best macular degeneration treatment for you, only a qualified medical practitioner, often a low-vision specialist and/or ophthalmologist, can provide the appropriate answers.

After all, they have the most updated information on macular degeneration anywhere. Of course, you can search for the appropriate macular degeneration treatment for you via the Internet.

You will be provided with the latest news, the newest treatments, and the most reliable information on macular degeneration at the click of the mouse – no driving to clinics, no falling in line in waiting rooms, no filling out forms.

Your treatment depends on the type of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) you have at present. Also, it must be noted that your treatment can change since dry AMD can progress to wet AMD, which makes for a different approach.

Do You Have Dry Macular Degeneration?

If you have dry AMD, sad to say but medical science has yet to discover a cure for it. There are, however, certain things that you can do to avoid severe loss of vision and/or significantly slow down the condition’s progress.

First, you can take macular degeneration vitamins and supplements. These usually contain antioxidants like Vitamins C, A and E as well as the zinc mineral.

In fact, a study by the National Eye Institute has discovered that the following formulation can reduce the condition’s progression by as much as 25%:

• 500mg of Vitamin C

• 400 IU of Vitamin E

• 15 mg of Vitamin A

• 80 mg of Zinc

• 2 mg of copper

Second, always protect your eyes from the harmful rays of the sun with UV protection sunglasses. This is very important as prolonged sun exposure may have caused the condition in the first place. Of course, there are also low-vision aids available.


Do You Have Wet Macular Degeneration?

Wet AMD is the more severe of the two forms, with 90% of blindness attributed to it. On the bright side, there are treatments that can delay the condition.

You have to seek out a qualified medical practitioner, however, to determine the best macular degeneration treatment for your case.

• Laser therapy, also called photocoagulation, employs laser beams that destroy the abnormal blood vessels under the eye’s macula. However, there are significant limitations on this procedure such that few patients can benefit from it.

• Photodynamic therapy, or PDT, is a combination of two treatments: a cold laser and an injectable drug called verteporfin (Visudyne). Theoretically speaking, PDT closes off the leaky blood vessels, which can preserve some of your vision.

• Macular translocation surgery, though not popular, can preserve your vision under very stringent pre-surgery conditions.

• Anti-VEGF medicines like Pegaptanib (Macugen), ranibizumab (Lucentis) and bevacizumab (Avastin) are the most commonly used and the most effective treatment for AMD known to man.

• Visual aids for macular degeneration including implantable optical devices.

With the advances in medical science, other treatments continue to be explored. Among these treatments are stem cells, submacular surgery and retinal translocation.

It, thus, pays to consult with your doctor and to be updated on the latest news via Internet support groups.

Hopefully, the most effective macular degeneration treatment may be in the horizon yet. You might even live to see it, literally!

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