Author: Dr. Shaun Larsen
Stargardt Eye Disease Treatment
Stargardt’s disease is a progressive eye condition. Central visual acuity gradually declines during childhood or adolescence and eventually levels off around 20/200. Stargardt’s patients may require low vision aids to enhance their quality of life. Your physician can assess your vision through tests such as Amsler grid testing, Snellen chart testing, color evaluation testing and…
How to Prevent Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration is an eye disease that damages the macula, a small area on the retina (the inside back layer of your eye). Macular degeneration may result in blurry or dark areas in central vision but usually does not impact peripheral vision. Macular degeneration comes in two varieties – dry and wet. You can prevent…
What Do Eye Injections For Macular Degeneration Do?
Rare cases of wet macular degeneration (neovascular AMD) may benefit from having medication injected directly into their eye to stop abnormal blood vessel growth and stabilize or improve central vision. Eylea (Aflibercept) and Lucentis (Ranibizumab) are two anti-angiogenesis drugs available that may help slow further vision loss. While they cannot restore lost vision, they can…
Natural Treatment For Macular Degeneration
Millions of people suffer from age-related macular degeneration, which can result in severe central vision loss. A recent scientific study demonstrated that supplementing with vitamins C, E, lutein and zeaxanthin may significantly lower risk by 25% for advanced macular degeneration. Macular degeneration causes blurriness or dark spots in your central vision (straight ahead), without impacting…
What is the Treatment For Wet Macular Degeneration?
Wet macular degeneration differs from dry AMD in that leaking blood vessels under the retina cause damage and destruction to central vision, manifesting with blurry or blind spots, distortion in vision or dark patches in your central field of vision as symptoms. Bevacizumab, Lucentis or Avastin are monthly injections designed to block the chemical that…
Cataract Surgery Complications
Cataract surgery entails the surgical removal and replacement of cloudy lenses with artificial ones, usually quickly and safely with positive outcomes; however, complications can arise as with any surgical procedure. Sometimes after cataract surgery, part of the lens capsule left behind becomes cloudy months or years later, known as posterior capsular opacification, or PCO. Bleeding…
What is Juvenile Macular Degeneration?
Macular degeneration refers to the loss of central vision in the macula. While macular degeneration associated with age may occur over time, some inherited diseases cause vision loss early in life that resemble aging-related macular degeneration (AMD). Most disorders that cause genetic mutations are passed down autosomally recessively while others, like Stargardt disease, may be…
Diabetic Macular Degeneration Treatment
Diabetic macular degeneration (DME) occurs when high blood sugar levels damage the tiny blood vessels of your retina, which may leak or close altogether or form new abnormal ones that bleed and lead to vision loss. Northwestern Medicine ophthalmologists conducted a national study which demonstrated that Eylea, one of two existing drugs for treating Diabetic…
Treatment For AMD – What Are the Best Eye Disease Treatments?
Treatment for AMD can slow the decline in vision loss and, in some cases, improve it. While there is no permanent solution available, treatments can prevent advanced AMD from progressing to permanent blindness. Dry AMD often begins when deposits known as drusen form beneath the retina. While drusen alone do not usually lead to vision…
Drugs Causing Macular Degeneration
Macular degeneration affects the center of retina known as macula and is the leading cause of blindness among people over 50 years of age. Two drugs – Lucentis and its chemically related cousin Avastin – may reduce or reverse vision loss for some patients. An annual dilated eye exam can detect early changes in macular…
Best Vitamins For Macular Degeneration Treatment
Macular degeneration, or the gradual degeneration of central vision, is one of the leading causes of blindness among those aged 50 or over, often leading to difficulty reading, driving and recognising faces or colors. Retinal specialists recommend eating a diet rich in leafy green vegetables, vitamin C, beta-carotene and zinc; we also advise taking a…
Treatment For Neovascular Age Related Macular Degeneration
Age related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of severe visual loss among adults over 65 and can be divided into two subtypes, dry AMD and wet AMD. Faricimab-svoa is an innovative treatment designed to block two disease pathways associated with wet AMD. Recent evidence shows it improved near and distance vision more quickly…
