Macular degeneration causes a progressive visual loss due to degeneration of the macula, the portion of the retina responsible for fine vision. Macular degeneration is the leading cause of severe visual loss in the United States and Europe in people over fifty-five years old. This loss of vision may appearsuddenly or it may progress slowly. Usually peripheral and color are unaffected.
There are two types of macular degeneration: atrophic (or "dry") and exudative("wet"). In the latter type, the degeneration of the macula is accompanied by hemorrhaging or leaking of fluid from a network of tiny blood vessels that develop under the center of the retina. This results in scarring and loss of vision.
Macular degeneration is probably the result of free radical damage similar to the type of damage that induces cataracts. Factors that predispose a person to developing macular degeneration include aging, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and environmental toxins. Heredity may play a role as well.
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Macular Degeneration Study
NBC NEWS, Dec. 3, 2001
By Robert Bazell, chief science correspondent for NBC News
Macular Degeneration Study Excerpts:
A new study of almost 5,000 people found that supplements slow vision loss. Vitamins plus zinc can head off macular degeneration.
Reading aids can help people cope with macular degeneration, but until now there was little to be done about the underlying condition. High doses of common supplements - zinc along with vitamins A, C and E - can slow or even prevent the development of macular degeneration, an age-related vision ailment that affects 10 million Americans. "TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT of people who would have developed
this are going to be protected from developing it by taking these simple supplements," said lead researcher Dr. Frederick Ferris.
One such person is Dorothy Braun. She long ago was forced to stop driving and now she even has trouble cooking. "I cannot read the labels on the spices," she said.
The vitamin regimen - which involved daily doses of tablets containing vitamins C, E and beta-carotene plus zinc - could be the first effective treatment for people with intermediate stages of the disease, said Dr. Paul Sieving, director of the National Eye Institute, which conducted the study. "This is an exciting discovery," Sieving said. The study was published in the October issue of the Archives of Ophthalmology.
Macular degeneration does not strike without warning. Years before a person loses any sight, doctors can see changes in the eye. Large particles called drusen accumulate in the eye beneath the macula, the area at the center of the retina at the back of the eye. The result is that a person's vision deteriorates, starting with the center and growing out toward the sides. That process occurs in about 20 percent of people 60 and over. The supplements can save precious sight well into old age.
NBC News and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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