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Wet macular degeneration is a long-lasting eye disorder that causes blurred vision or a blind spot in the central vision. It's usually caused by blood vessels that leak fluid or blood into the macula (MAK-u-luh).
Wet macular degeneration is when new blood vessels grow underneath the macula, a critical part of your retinas. These vessels can leak, causing damage and scarring to an area essential for the center of your visual field.
Few people who have wet macular degeneration get this treatment. It generally isn't an option if you have problem blood vessels directly under the center of the macula. Also, the more damaged your macula is, the lower the likelihood of success.
The wet form of age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) can start suddenly. You won’t feel pain, but you might notice problems with your eyesight. At first, you may simply notice blurred or...
Wet AMD (also called advanced neovascular AMD) is a serious type of late AMD. It happens when a protein called vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) makes abnormal blood vessels grow in the wrong place in the back of your eye. The good news is that there are effective treatments for wet AMD.
Wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) develops when abnormal blood vessels grow into the macula. These leak blood or fluid which leads to scarring of the macula and rapid loss of central vision. Wet AMD can develop very suddenly, but it can now be treated if caught quickly.
There are two forms of age-related macular degeneration (AMD): wet and dry. The dry AMD develops more gradually. Wet AMD is rarer and always advanced.
Wet macular degeneration involves a complication called choroidal neovascularization (CNV). CNV is the abnormal growth of blood vessels behind the eye that can bleed and cause swelling. What are...
Symptoms of wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) commonly include trouble reading with distortion in vision, which can be present in one eye. Wet AMD is often seen as a progression from dry AMD.
Wet AMD. With dry AMD, the photoreceptor and retinal pigmented epithelial (RPE) cells in the macula deteriorate and die. This can progress to wet AMD when cell death causes an abnormal...