Macula lutea is situated laterally to the optic disc. It is a small yellowish area, so it is also called as yellow spot. The center of the macula lutea is the fovea contrails. Fovea is the region of acute vision because it does not contain rods, but contain a huge density of cones. Cones provide the colour vision and daylight vision, so it is lost in macular degeneration because macula contains a number of cones. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD): Macula is a part of retina located at the back of the eye; it is responsible for the central vision. With an increase in age, the macula degenerates, that impairs or cause loss of vision. About 90% of the cases of vision loss are due to the wet macular degeneration. In this, the oxygen supply to the macula is impaired due to the thickening of layer underlying the retina. As a result, angiogenesis occurs in this region, so that the membrane breaks out. Wet type of macular degeneration results in loss of vision. Dry type of macular degeneration is the early form of disease during which the protein deposits and cell death occur in the retina. It disrupts the circulation to the retina. Therapeutic measure: Dry type of macular degeneration has no treatment, so it’s possible prevention is important. The decreased vision can be improved by the low-vision telescopic glasses. Wet type AMD is treated by the injection of antiangiogenesis medication into the eye (Eg: ranibizumab). Laser photocoagulation therapy is now available to treat the leaky blood vessels. Solution Macula lutea is situated laterally to the optic disc. It is a small yellowish area, so it is also called as yellow spot. The center of the macula lutea is the fovea contrails. Fovea is the region of acute vision because it does not contain rods, but contain a huge density of cones. Cones provide the colour vision and daylight vision, so it is lost in macular degeneration because macula contains a number of cones. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD): Macula is a part of retina located at the back of the eye; it is responsible for the central vision. With an increase in age, the macula degenerates, that impairs or cause loss of vision. About 90% of the cases of vision loss are due to the wet macular degeneration. In this, the oxygen supply to the macula is impaired due to the thickening of layer underlying the retina. As a result, angiogenesis occurs in this region, so that the membrane breaks out. Wet type of macular degeneration results in loss of vision. Dry type of macular degeneration is the early form of disease during which the protein deposits and cell death occur in the retina. It disrupts the circulation to the retina. Therapeutic measure: Dry type of macular degeneration has no treatment, so it’s possible prevention is important. The decreased vision can be improved by the low-vision telescopic glasses. Wet type AMD is treated by the injection of antiangiogenesis medication into the eye (Eg: ranibizumab). Laser photocoagulation .

1. Macula lutea is situated laterally to the optic disc. It is a small yellowish area, so it is also called
as yellow spot. The center of the macula lutea is the fovea contrails. Fovea is the region of acute
vision because it does not contain rods, but contain a huge density of cones.
Cones provide the colour vision and daylight vision, so it is lost in macular degeneration because
macula contains a number of cones.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD): Macula is a part of retina located at the back of the
eye; it is responsible for the central vision. With an increase in age, the macula degenerates, that
impairs or cause loss of vision.
About 90% of the cases of vision loss are due to the wet macular degeneration. In this, the
oxygen supply to the macula is impaired due to the thickening of layer underlying the retina. As
a result, angiogenesis occurs in this region, so that the membrane breaks out. Wet type of
macular degeneration results in loss of vision.
Dry type of macular degeneration is the early form of disease during which the protein deposits
and cell death occur in the retina. It disrupts the circulation to the retina.
Therapeutic measure: Dry type of macular degeneration has no treatment, so it’s possible
prevention is important. The decreased vision can be improved by the low-vision telescopic
glasses.
Wet type AMD is treated by the injection of antiangiogenesis medication into the eye (Eg:
ranibizumab). Laser photocoagulation therapy is now available to treat the leaky blood vessels.
Solution
Macula lutea is situated laterally to the optic disc. It is a small yellowish area, so it is also called
as yellow spot. The center of the macula lutea is the fovea contrails. Fovea is the region of acute
vision because it does not contain rods, but contain a huge density of cones.
Cones provide the colour vision and daylight vision, so it is lost in macular degeneration because
macula contains a number of cones.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD): Macula is a part of retina located at the back of the
eye; it is responsible for the central vision. With an increase in age, the macula degenerates, that
impairs or cause loss of vision.
About 90% of the cases of vision loss are due to the wet macular degeneration. In this, the
oxygen supply to the macula is impaired due to the thickening of layer underlying the retina. As
a result, angiogenesis occurs in this region, so that the membrane breaks out. Wet type of
macular degeneration results in loss of vision.
Dry type of macular degeneration is the early form of disease during which the protein deposits

2. and cell death occur in the retina. It disrupts the circulation to the retina.
Therapeutic measure: Dry type of macular degeneration has no treatment, so it’s possible
prevention is important. The decreased vision can be improved by the low-vision telescopic
glasses.
Wet type AMD is treated by the injection of antiangiogenesis medication into the eye (Eg:
ranibizumab). Laser photocoagulation therapy is now available to treat the leaky blood vessels.