:strip_icc():format(jpeg)/kly-media-production/medias/3538047/original/004254600_1628743981-makula.jpeg "Getting to Know Macular Degeneration Disease, Including Wet and Dry Types")
Liputan6.com, Jakarta Ophthalmologist and member European Society of Retina Specialists (EURETINA), Elvioza displays related Age-Related Macular Degeneration or AMD.
According to him, AMD or age-related macular degeneration is a disease that attacks the macula in the population over 50 years. AMD affects 8.7 percent of the population aged 50 years and over.
“The macula is the center of vision, as we age, this disease also gets worse,” Elvioza said in an online seminar, Thursday (12/8/2021).
eye disease This is divided into two types namely: Dry-AMD (Dry AMD) and Wet-AMD (Wet AMD). The two types of AMD are distinguished by the following characteristics:
Dry AMD
-Frequently found (85-90 percent).
-Rarely causes vision loss.
-There is no cure, but progress can be slowed with supplements.
AMD Wet
-Less to find.
-Development of about 15 percent of cases of Dry AMD.
-Accounts for 90 percent of cases of severe vision loss.
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