Macular Degeneration

Age related Macular degeneration, or AMD is an insidious, silent, progressive, degenerative slayer of sight. It is a disease that effects many elderly people above the age of 65. While AMD does not cause total blindness it does, however rob people of their ability to see all but peripherally.
In order to understand AMD, first, we have to understand the physiology of the eye. The eye consists of two lenses. The frontal lens, the cornea, is the most powerful. The weaker lens is known as the crystalline lens. The iris and pupil are in between the two lenses. …