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Age-related macular degeneration is technically included under the umbrella term retinopathy but is often discussed as a separate entity. Retinopathy, or retinal vascular disease, can be broadly categorized into proliferative and non-proliferative types.
(H35.3) Age-related macular degeneration — the photosensitive cells in the macula malfunction and over time cease to work (H35.3) Macular degeneration — loss of central vision, due to macular degeneration Bull's Eye Maculopathy (H35.3) Epiretinal membrane — a transparent layer forms and tightens over the retina (H35.4) Peripheral retinal ...
The incidence of age-related macular degeneration and its associated features increases with age and is low in people <55 years of age. [101] Smoking is the strongest modifiable risk factor. [102] As of 2008, age-related macular degeneration accounts for more than 54% of all vision loss in the white population in the US. [103]
Diabetic retinopathy (also known as diabetic eye disease) is a medical condition in which damage occurs to the retina due to diabetes.It is a leading cause of blindness in developed countries and one of the lead causes of sight loss in the world, even though there are many new therapies and improved treatments for helping people live with diabetes.
Fundus of geographic atrophy. Geographic atrophy (GA), also known as atrophic age-related macular degeneration (AMD) or advanced dry AMD, is an advanced form of age-related macular degeneration that can result in the progressive and irreversible loss of retinal tissue (photoreceptors, retinal pigment epithelium, choriocapillaris) which can lead to a loss of central vision over time.
Birdshot chorioretinopathy, now commonly named birdshot uveitis or HLA-A29 uveitis, [1] is a rare form of bilateral posterior uveitis affecting both eyes.It causes severe, progressive inflammation of both the choroid and retina.
Age-related macular degeneration is the third main cause of blindness worldwide, and it is the leading cause of blindness in industrialized countries. [4] Indocyanine green angiography is widely used to study choroidal neovascularization in patients with exudative age-related macular degeneration. [ 5 ]
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. [6]