Functional Activities Limited by People with Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Functional activities limited to patients with age-related macular degeneration Introduction to daily life (ADL) is an issue of self-care. It is divided into basic ADL (BADL) and dexterous ADL (IADL). The former is indispensable in daily life such as meals and personal hygiene, but the latter is for people in shopping etc. to work in the area. This sounds easy for ordinary people. However, for patients with weak eyes, even very simple tasks will be a challenge.

Age-related macular degeneration is one of the most important causes of blindness in the elderly. As the population ages, the number of people affected will increase 2. There are two age-related macular degeneration. Geographic atrophy is a severely segmented pigmented area caused by atrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium and neovascular degeneration occurs when new blood vessels grow under the retinal pigment epithelium leading to bleeding and scar formation. Age-related macular degeneration is diagnosed in people over the age of 50 years, if there is no other obvious cause of degeneration.

Macular degeneration manifests mainly in three stages. They are early AMD (age-related macular degeneration), intermediate AMD and progressive AMD. At the initial stage, it is difficult to diagnose macular degeneration because there are no obvious symptoms other than yellow deposits beneath the retina. This is the reason why we have to conduct eye checks on a regular basis. There is no obvious symptom at the intermediate stage. The only way to detect macular degeneration at this stage is by eye examination. At the third and final stage, vision loss is a reality, your vision is affected by blurring and large black spots at the center of the field of vision.