What Is Macular Degeneration And Its Treatments?

By Author: James E. Croley III, M.D.
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Macular degeneration affects more than 10 million Americans causing vision loss among old people in America and unfortunately it is a cureless eye disease. It is where the macula, the retina’s central vision of the eye gets degenerated and malfunctions in its ability to identify, know, recognize and see objects vividly.

Macular degeneration cases have risen due to the increasing aging of American people and are anticipated to add more in the years to come. Apart from age-related cases, there are other risk factors that macular degeneration can come from like family genes, overweightness and lack of activity, cigarette smoking, drug side effects, and hypertension.
• Family Genes.
Medical studies show macular degeneration has been on discovered on certain different variants of genes. Cases on identical twins and fraternal have been identified and that heredity is a major factor which brings out macular degenerations.
• Overweightness and lack of activity.
Unfortunately, one study reported that obese patients having macular degeneration will likely endanger of developing an advanced ...
... form of macular degeneration. In a similar study, inactive patients having macular degeneration also at double risk of advanced form of macular degeneration.
• Cigarette smoking.
Another study found smoking is associated with macular degeneration cases, where 25% of its cases cause extreme vision loss, and passive smokers are at double risks also.
• Drug side effects.
Due to the side effects of toxic drugs such as Aralen(chloroquine, an anti-malarial drug) or phenothiazine, macular degeneration can be developed. Phenothiazine is a class of antipsychotic drugs which includes brand names of Prolixin (fluphenazine), Stelazine (trifluoperazine)Thorazine, Mellaril (thioridazine), and Trilafon (perphenazine).
• Hypertension.
As reported by Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science on results of a European study, showed high blood pressure is connected to macular degeneration development.

Causes of Macular Degeneration.
Currently, the specific cause of macular degeneration is still unknown. Due to inadequate research funding, the not curable eye disease still remains a mystery. Macular degeneration’s cause is complex, however, now environment and hereditary factors are the findings.

Macular Degeneration Treatment.
Presently, there is no known cure for macular degeneration, however, there are ways to lessen the development of macular degeneration like changing your diet, doing exercise, staying away from smoking, and avoidance of sunlight.
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