Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration usually develops gradually and painlessly. The signs and symptoms of the disease may vary, depending on which of the two types of macular degeneration you have: dry or wet.

1: Dry Macular Degeneration

• The need for increasingly bright illumination when reading or doing close work
• Increasing difficulty adapting to low levels of illumination, such as when entering a dimly lit restaurant
• Increasing blurriness of printed words
• A decrease in the intensity or brightness of colors
• Difficulty recognizing faces
• Gradual increase in the haziness of your overall vision
• Blurred or blind spot in the center of your visual field combined with a profound drop in your central vision acuity

2: Wet Macular Degeneration

• Visual distortions, such as straight lines appearing wavy or crooked, a doorway or street sign that seems out of whack, or objects appearing smaller or farther away than they should
• A decrease in or loss of central vision
• Central blurry spot