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2. Photopsia - Wikipedia

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   age-related macular degeneration; vertebrobasilar insufficiency; optic neuritis; visual snow syndrome; Vitreous shrinkage or liquefaction, which is the most common cause of photopsia, causes a pull in vitreoretinal attachments, irritating the retina and causing it to discharge electrical impulses. These impulses are interpreted by the brain as ...

3. Acute visual loss - Wikipedia

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   Wet macular degeneration should be considered in older people with new distortion of their vision with bleeding in the macula. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Vision can often be regained with prompt eye injections with anti-VEGF agents .

4. Maculopathy - Wikipedia

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   Age-Related Macular Degeneration is a degenerative maculopathy associated with progressive sight loss. It is characterised by changes in pigmentation in the Retinal Pigment Epithelium, the appearance of drusen on the retina of the eye and choroidal neovascularization. AMD has two forms; 'dry' or atrophic/non-exudative AMD, and 'wet' or ...

5. Macular degeneration is hereditary, but there are ways to ...

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   Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (or AMD) is the most common cause of severe vision loss in people over age 60, affecting an estimated 20 million Americans.

6. Refractive error - Wikipedia

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   In order to see a clear image, the eye must focus rays of light on to the light-sensing part of the eye – the retina, which is located in the back of the eye.This focusing – called refraction – is performed mainly by the cornea and the lens, which are located at the front of the eye, the anterior segment.

7. Macular degeneration - Wikipedia

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   Macular degeneration, also known as age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD), is a medical condition which may result in blurred or no vision in the center of the visual field. [1] Early on there are often no symptoms. [1] Over time, however, some people experience a gradual worsening of vision that may affect one or both eyes. [1]