Teaching point: For patients with chronic ocular conditions, patient re-education is key.
____’s condition is consistent with wet macular degeneration.
Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of legal blindness in North Americans 65 years of age or older. AMD is divided into two types: dry (also known as “nonexudative” or “non-neovascular”) and wet (also called “exudative” or “neovascular”). Approximately 10-15 percent of AMD cases involve dry AMD progressing to the more advanced and visually damaging wet form.
The hallmark of wet AMD is the formation of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), new irregular blood vessels growing into the subretinal pigment epithelial or subretinal space. Due to their aberrant nature, these
____’s condition is consistent with wet macular degeneration.
Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the primary cause of legal blindness in North Americans 65 years of age or older. AMD is divided into two types: dry (also known as “nonexudative” or “non-neovascular”) and wet (also called “exudative” or “neovascular”). Approximately 10-15 percent of AMD cases involve dry AMD progressing to the more advanced and visually damaging wet form.
The hallmark of wet AMD is the formation of choroidal neovascularization (CNV), new irregular blood vessels growing into the subretinal pigment epithelial or subretinal space. Due to their aberrant nature, these