hey google what are the symptoms of macular degeneration?
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The first sign you may notice is a gradual or sudden change in the quality of your vision or that straight lines appear distorted to you. This may gradually turn into a dramatic loss of your central vision. Other symptoms include: Dark, blurry areas or whiteout that appears in the center of your vision.
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['Headaches.', 'Blurry vision when focusing on items up close.', 'Eye strain.', 'Fatigue.', 'Trouble reading.']
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['Clouded, blurred or dim vision.', 'Increasing difficulty with vision at night.', 'Sensitivity to light and glare.', 'Need for brighter light for reading and other activities.', 'Seeing "halos" around lights.', 'Frequent changes in eyeglass or contact lens prescription.', 'Fading or yellowing of colors.']
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It can progress to wet (neovascular) macular degeneration, which is characterized by blood vessels that grow under the retina and leak. The dry type is more common, but it usually progresses slowly (over years). The wet type is more likely to cause a relatively sudden change in vision resulting in serious vision loss.
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['Dry eyes. ... ', 'Glare, halos and double vision. ... ', 'Undercorrections. ... ', 'Overcorrections. ... ', 'Astigmatism. ... ', 'Flap problems. ... ', 'Regression. ... ', 'Vision loss or changes.']
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If your ability to work has been severely impaired by macular degeneration, you may qualify for Social Security disability benefits. While the diagnosis alone will not automatically qualify you for disability, the SSA does consider the effects of macular degeneration on your vision and acuity.
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Causes of blindness include macular degeneration, stroke, cataract, glaucoma, infection and trauma. Symptoms and signs may include eye pain, eye discharge, or the cornea or pupil turning white. Treatment of blindness depends upon the cause of the blindness.
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['constant eye rubbing or chronic eye redness.', 'extreme light sensitivity.', 'squinting, closing one eye, or misaligned eyes.', 'poor focusing or trouble following objects.', 'inability to see objects at a distance.']
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"Patients can commonly experience symptoms of eye pain, sensitivity to light, blurred vision and fluctuating visual clarity, difficulty focusing, visual overload and dry eyes," Dr Pellegrino explains.
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['visual disturbances, such as loss of vision or double vision.', 'pain above or around your eye.', 'numbness or weakness on 1 side of your face.', 'difficulty speaking.', 'headaches.', 'loss of balance.', 'difficulty concentrating or problems with short-term memory.']
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['mild blurring of vision.', 'slightly distorted vision, where straight lines look bent or wavy.', 'increased sensitivity to light and glare.', 'eye redness or swelling.']
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['Many more eye floaters than usual.', 'A sudden onset of new floaters.', 'Flashes of light in the same eye as the floaters.', 'Darkness on any side or sides of your vision (peripheral vision loss)']
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Your optometrist will perform a variety of tests to determine if you have macular degeneration or any other eye health problems. Central vision that is lost to macular degeneration cannot be restored. However, low-vision devices, such as telescopic and microscopic lenses, can maximize existing vision.
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While macular pucker is a different disease than age-related macular degeneration, the two diseases can have similar symptoms, such as wavy or distorted vision in the center of the visual field.
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['The sudden appearance of many floaters — tiny specks that seem to drift through your field of vision.', 'Flashes of light in one or both eyes (photopsia)', 'Blurred vision.', 'Gradually reduced side (peripheral) vision.', 'A curtain-like shadow over your visual field.']
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['eye inflammation.', 'swelling of the cornea.', 'injury to the cornea.', 'glaucoma.', 'cataracts.', 'partial vision loss or blindness.']
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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a problem with your retina. It happens when a part of the retina called the macula is damaged. With AMD you lose your central vision. You cannot see fine details, whether you are looking at something close or far. But your peripheral (side) vision will still be normal.