How long will it take for macular degeneration to cause blindness

Some people have a misunderstanding about macular degeneration, thinking that it is a cancer disease, but it is not. Macular degeneration does not necessarily mean that the patient will become blind, because there are many causes of macular degeneration. For specific situations, patients should consult a regular ophthalmologist for timely treatment instead of taking medication on their own.

Causes

A large number of studies have shown that the occurrence of AMD is related to age, genetics, and environmental factors such as long-term exposure to ultraviolet rays, environmental pollution, smoking, and decreased blood antioxidant levels.

People over 50 years old, those with a history of diabetes, hypertension and smoking, or those who work outdoors for a long time are all at high risk of age-related macular degeneration. In addition, studies have shown that women are more susceptible to the disease than men.

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It is understood that macular disease is a degenerative disease that mostly occurs in the elderly. It is divided into two conditions: dry and wet. Excessive strong light will affect macular disease.

Macular degeneration is not cancer. The most obvious symptom in the early stages of macular degeneration is painless vision loss in the affected eye, blurred vision both near and far, especially distorted vision of straight-line grid images such as door frames and windows, or dark shadows or flashes in the center of the field of vision. There are two common types of macular degeneration: dry macular degeneration, which accounts for 90% of the total incidence, and wet macular degeneration, which accounts for 10% of the total incidence. There are rumors that macular degeneration is eye cancer, but ophthalmologists say that macular degeneration is not cancer and does not necessarily lead to blindness.

Treatment of macular degeneration 】

Fundus macular degeneration is a disease characterized by independent exudative chorioretinal lesions occurring in and around the macula, accompanied by subretinal neovascularization and hemorrhage. The main symptoms of patients are gradual decrease in vision and distorted vision. Based on the condition you described, it is recommended that patients receive targeted treatment with traditional Chinese medicine to treat both the symptoms and the root cause.

For conditions such as macular degeneration, Chinese medicine uses a conditioning method with the main objectives of nourishing the liver and kidneys, soothing the liver and relieving depression, softening and dispersing nodules, nourishing qi and blood, unblocking meridians, and nourishing the optic nerve. The effect is quite significant.