Macular degeneration
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Impact
Macular degeneration, in its advanced forms, can result in legal blindness, resulting in a loss of driving privileges and an inability to read all but very large type. Perhaps the most grievous loss is the inability to see faces clearly or at all.
Some of these losses can be offset by the use of adaptive devices. A closed-circuit television reader can make reading possible, and specialized screen-reading computer software, e.g., JAWS for Windows, can give the blind person access to word processing, spreadsheet, financial, and e-mail access.
References
External links
- Age-related Macular Degeneration Resource Guide from the National Eye Institute (NEI).
- Results from NEI's Age Related Eye Disease Study showed that high levels of antioxidants and zinc significantly reduce the risk of advanced AMD and its associated vision loss.
- Macular Degeneration Support
- An open-access eBook on Macular Degeneration: Protect Your Sight - How to Save your Vision in the Epidemic of Age-Related Macular Degeneration by James C. Folk, MD and Mark E. Wilkinson, OD - Published March 2006
- Macular Degeneration Research
- Macular Degeneration 3000 word report A Patients Guide to AMD
- Rheo.com |The RHEO procedure is a unique type of therapeutic apheresis that removes large molecules like cholesterol, fibrinogen and certain immunoglobulins from the blood.
- Home of Ocular Surgery News
- BBC News — AMD from a European perspective
- Macular Degeneration Foundation
- "Living with Macular Degeneration". NLM. video
- VisionSimulations.com |What the world looks like to people with various diseases and conditions of the eye
- Why good food isn't enough - Powerful antioxidant vitamin supplements can halt the progression of dry macular degeneration of the eye and in some people even improve vision.
- ARMD Cook |Recipes using medical guidelines for the prevention and possible reversal of MD and ARMD
- Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School information on the use of photomedicine as treatment
- Age Related Macular Degeneration amdcanada.com
- "Scientists seek to restore sight". BBC News Scotland.
- BBC News, Friday, 16 March 2007; Zinc could be key to eye disease
- MyVisionTest A free modern Amsler Grid test for macular degeneration
- AMD Alliance International
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