Photographer: Stephan Vanfleteren
The Dawn of
Vision
A recent clinical trial provides hope for AMD patients.
Sara Ahmed Rashad
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L osing vision is like losing hope and is almost the same as losing life, but science, as always, cannot stand there watching. Age related macular degeneration“ AMD” is considered the most common leading cause for blindness in developed countries. Despite that the disease showed progressive numbers, it has no exact cause. However, its risk increases with various factors such as age, obesity, smoking, family history and high blood pressure.
Furthermore, it results from degeneration of the central area of the retina called the macula, responsible for central vision and the best visual acuity. The disease is rapidly progressive and not painful, leading to vision loss in one or both eyes. To be added, AMD has 2 types, a wet and a dry type. The wet type is more serious, occurring only in 15 % of cases due to abnormal blood vessels growing underneath the retina leaking fluid and blood damaging the macula and causing
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