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Macular
Degeneration:
• Auto-immune diseases such as
Rheumatoid Arthritis or Lupus.
Some medications used to treat
these diseases, such as Plaquenil,
may increase the risk of toxicity in
the retina.
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series of detailed cross-sections of the
retina, thereby allowing the specialist
to look for bruising and other abnormalities. An Amsler grid test can check
for distorted vision. Also, an angiogram
may be performed, injecting dye into
the
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AMD looks different in every patient,
two key factors: the type of AMD (wet
breaking down of that layer of tissue.
it is important that a patient with these
or dry) and the level of advancement.
There are two distinct types of the
While many of us, myself included,
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As always, the earlier AMD can be
disorder. Wet Macular Degeneration
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