Macular Degeneration And Omega 3
It is the old people who suffer from macular degeneration
. Most of the people may not even have heard of this disease, until someone near and dear to them starts showing signs of it. This disease can be prevented by taking ample amounts of omega 3.
Macular Degeneration is a progressive disease that affects your center vision. You need centre vision to be able to read and drive. My father has given up driving now and uses a magnifying glass which lights up to enable him to read.
The disease can affect one or both the eyes. It is one of the main cause of blindness in the people above 60 years of age.
People who are aware of this disease, shudder with fright as they approach 60 years of age. As I am searching for help for my father, I am also aware that the disease is hereditary. During my research, I am also looking for ways to help prevent me from suffering from it later in life. Taking omega 3 supplements in the early ages could help to prevent this disease in the old age.
The macula tissue is present in the middle of the retina. Retina is the part of the eye, that senses the light. The retinas job is to change light or pictures into electrical impulses and send them onto the brain.
Macular degeneration are of two types.
The first one is known as wet macular degeneration. It is caused by the abnormal growth of the blood vessels behind the retina. The blood vessels are very delicate and can possibly let blood or fluids leak out. This allows the macula to rise out of the normal spot in the back of the eye. When this happens, the the macula gets damaged rapidly.
The blindness sets in faster and is often referred to as AMD. You can watch for early symptoms of AMD by using a chart. This chart has intersecting lines on it. It is very similar to graph paper. There is a dot in the middle of each intersecting line. If these lines start to look wavy as you test them with each eye, covering one eye and then the other, then you need to see your eye doctor right away.
Dry AMD is the other type of Macular Degenaration. The dry type starts when the light sensitive tissues in the macula slowly break down. Your central vision slowly becomes blurry. As the dry AMD worsens, you will possibly see a blurry spot in your central vision. Also as time goes, and the condition worsens, you could loose your sight in the affected eye.
Drusen is the earliest symptom of AMD. Drusen can be diagnosed by the eye doctor in a routine eye exam where they dilate the pupils. They are yellow spots found under the retina. It is normally found in people older than 60. If there is an increase in the number of these yellow spots or their size, it's a sign of them possibly developing either type of the AMD ending in loosing sight.
Apart from age, the other risk factors for developing AMD are:
Smoking
Obesity
Race
Family history and gender.
If you follow the following regimen, it could make a difference:
Eating a good diet of green leafy vegetables and fish
Keep your blood pressure under control
Control your weight
Exercise regularly.
Do not smoke.
Another change in lifestyle, you could adopt could be to add more Omega 3 to your diet. As mentioned above, include fish in your diet. Everyone does not like eating fish. There are other ways of getting Omega 3 and a good way to know you are getting enough is to take supplements.
My father is nearly legally blind now. I hope that the disease doesn't progress any further. We have put him on Omega 3 supplements hoping it will stall the disease. Only time will tell. As for others, try to prevent it before it happens to you.
by: Sandy Sachs
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