{"id":4586,"date":"2024-12-23T20:05:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T20:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/macumira-premium.4ecps.com\/?p=4203"},"modified":"2025-08-20T21:06:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T21:06:14","slug":"age-related-macular-degeneration-amd-doesnt-always-progress-to-wet-amd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macumira.com\/ca\/age-related-macular-degeneration-amd-doesnt-always-progress-to-wet-amd\/","title":{"rendered":"Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) doesn\u2019t always progress to wet AMD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good news for those with AMD: only about 10 per cent of cases progress from the less severe dry form to the more serious wet form, which poses greater risks to vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s how to reduce your risk\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How AMD affects the retina and macula<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)<\/a> is a progressive eye disease wherein the part of the retina called the macula is damaged.[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAMD affects the central part of the retina, an area called the macula, hence the name,\u201d explains Dr. Flavio Rezende, a vitreo retinologist at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital\u2019s University Ophthalmology Centre and a Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Montreal. \u201cThe disease is an abnormal aging of cells called photoreceptors, which capture the light that goes into the eye and transform it into messaging to the brain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These photoreceptors are found in the centralmost region of the macula, the foveola.[2]<\/sup><\/a> This part of the eye, and the macula in general, is responsible for the detailed vision necessary for activities such as reading, driving and recognizing people\u2019s faces.[3]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n