What Is Macular Degeneration? (ARMD) Macular
degeneration is the leading cause of severe vision loss in people over age
60 and effects the retina. It occurs when
the small central portion of the retina, known as the macula,
deteriorates. The retina is
the light-sensing nerve tissue at the back of the eye. There are two types - the wet and the dry type.
The retina is the lining of
the eye which responds to light.
In the "dry" form of macular
degeneration, metabolic end products collect underneath the retina.
These deposits are called drusen,
which are yellow deposits in the macula.
A few small drusen may not
cause changes in vision but as they grow in size and increase in number,
they may lead to a dimming or distortion of vision that people
find most noticeable when they read.
In more advanced stages of
dry macular degeneration, there is also a thinning of the
light-sensitive layer of cells in the macula leading to atrophy, or
tissue death.
In the atrophic form of dry
macular degeneration, patients may have blind spots in the center
of their vision.
In the advanced stages,
patients lose central vision.
Your
ophthalmologist will diagnose macular degeneration and monitor your eyes.
Every person has a different
course and some patients preserve vision for a very long time.
Taking
vitamin formulations can help to slow the progression of dry macular
degeneration.
This form can develop in those
with dry macular degeneration.
In Wet Macular Degeneration,
the eye's blood vessels begin to grow
into the retina and cause swelling or bleeding and can cause sudden or
gradual loss of vision.
The "wet" form of macular
degeneration is characterized by the growth of abnormal blood vessels
from the choroid underneath the macula. This is called
choroidal neovascularization.
These blood vessels leak blood and fluid into the
retina, causing distortion of vision that makes straight lines look
wavy, as well as blind spots and loss of
central vision.
These abnormal blood vessels eventually scar,
leading to permanent loss of central vision.
Most patients with macular
degeneration have the dry form of the disease and can lose some form of
central vision. The dry form of macular
degeneration can lead to the wet form. Only about 10% of people with macular
degeneration develop the wet form, but they are majority of those who
experience serious vision loss from the disease.
HOmeopathy
For Macular Degeneration
Carboneum sulphuratum – 30C everyday has been
shown to provide resolution of drusen and pigmentary changes.
Secale
– used in low potency when the patients have some general signs compatible
with secale such as, being worse from heat and better from cold.
Sanicula -
used for symptoms of wavy vision.
Vanadium
- used in a 200C every month for the treatment of macular degeneration.
Human retina
sarcode - 5C Stimulates activity of the tissue from which it was
derived. 7C normalizes tissue activity and 9C suppresses tissue activity.
Human retina 5C has been used with some success in stimulating the activity
of the failing macula.
Tissue salts For Macular Degeneration
Tissue salts can also be useful in the treatment of macular
degeneration. The following salts have been helpful in ARMD:
Calc flourica
8X – The tissue strengthener.
Calc phosphorica 6X –
The cell builder.
Kali phosphorica 6X –
Nerve nutrient.
Natrum muriaticum 6X
– The fluid distributor. Dryness or excessive moisture in any parts of the
body. Can be helpful in cases of wet macular degeneration.
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