Wet vs. Dry Age Related Macular Degeneration

The leading cause of blindness in people over aged 65 and older is AMD. The part of the retina that is responsible for our sharp central vision is the macula and for these purposes think of it as a piece of graph paper with many different boxes. Dry AMD progresses slower and begins as changes in the pigmented cells of the macula, in wet AMD abnormal blood vessels can bleed into those “boxes” lift the macula and causing visual distortions.