subject: AMD and how to treat it [print this page] People who are over forty are more vulnerable to eye problems of certain kinds- there are some eye problems that often affect those elderly people greatly. Of so many age-related problems, AMD is typical and horrible. This problem can lead to low vision and affect sufferer's daily lives greatly.
Unlike many other vision problems, AMD can not be easily found in people's daily lives- it is a progressive eye disease. But some eye exams are essential and can detect this problem at its early state. If there is, some aiding devices will be used.
Of course, the checking process also involves several complicate procedures. What the eye doctor will do first is to ask sufferers whether or not they have certain related symptoms, like vision blurriness in their vision field. This is because early sufferers of AMD may sometimes have abnormal vision, like deformed images, inability to focus, etc.
After that, further exams are needed to detect how serious the problem is. On the whole, AMD can be caused by several factors, like age, family history, living environment, etc.
If people are patients of AMD, they have several options in resolving this problem, like some aiding devices, like magnifiers, glasses, etc. Each of these devices can play different role in treating AMD in different way. For example, Magnifiers can be used for temporary reading at any time. And those specially made glasses can also offer much better and clearer central vision for patients.
Anyway, AMD can be much easily treated if detected at early state. Therefore, some regular eye exams are essential for eye health.
