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Helpful Terms
Age-related macular degeneration (or "AMD"): An eye disease in which the macula is damaged. This can lead to loss of central vision. Amsler grid: A pocket-sized chart used to keep track of vision changes, with which you can test yourself daily. It is a grid of lines with a dot in the middle printed on a card or piece of paper. Central vision: The vision used to see straight ahead. Reading and other tasks that require detailed, sharp vision use central vision.
Dry age-related macular degeneration: The more common and initially less serious type of macular degeneration. It is defined by deposits called drusen that form under the retina. This type can progress to become more serious or lead to the wet form of age related macular degeneration. Eye chart: A tool your doctor uses to check vision. It has letters that are decreasing in size. Fluorescein angiography (FA): A test in which a picture is taken of your retina, after dye is put into your arm. It allows your eye doctor to take a picture of the part of your eye with AMD. Macula: The small, central part of the retina that gives you sharp, central vision. Peripheral vision: Side vision or images seen from the side of the eye.
Retina: The part of your eye that receives light signals and sends them to your brain. Wet age-related macular degeneration: The more serious type of macular degeneration, where normal and leaky vessels grow under the macula. The blood vessels break and leak blood and fluid, which leads to central vision loss.
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