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Age Related Macular Degeneration

Age Related Macular Degeneration

I was looking for treatment options for macular degeneration and  was unfortunately not able to get concise recommendations on the web. Any inputs appreciated. I was looking for the treatment options for age related macular degenration issues. I found some useful info. on this site http://www.wikidas.com/Macular_Degeneration_Treatment_Options wanted to know of some more sources.

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There are two types of ARMD  dry ( 90% of the cases) or wet ARMD (10% of cases).  

Wet is treated with medicine injected into the eye either VEGF inhibitors (lucentis, avastin) or steroid (macugen) or photodynamic dye thereapy (Visudyne).

Dry is treated with diet (low fat, low calorie, fruits, vegs, fiber, fish, berries, nuts), lutein rich foods (spinach, collards, etc), not smoking, protecting eyes from sunlight, daily amsler grid to check for conversion into wet type, AREDS supplements (2 or 4 per day) Preservavistion, Eye Caps, Ocuvite PLUS a multivitamin, and fish oil pills (2 or 3 per day).

JCH III MD
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