Mnoge osobe s AMD-om ne prepoznaju odmah simptome te ih zamijene za normalan znak starenja. To uzrokuje teška stanja, kao što su neovaskularni AMD (nAMD) i geografska atrofija.2,3
Kod nAMD-a nove i abnormalne krvne žile nekontrolirano rastu ispod makule i uzrokuju otekline, krvarenje i/ili fibrozu.4
Starosna makularna degeneracija (AMD) bolest je koja zahvaća središnje područje mrežnice oka, koje nazivamo makulom ili žutom pjegom. Mrežnica šalje informacije mozgu kako bi omogućio vid, pri čemu makula omogućuje oštru, središnju sliku. AMD je vodeći uzrok sljepoće u ljudi u dobi od 60 i više godina.¹
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