If you see the lines bent, you may have a yellow spot too!
The disease is called the disease that occurs in the nerve layer, which is about the size of a lentil grain, which allows the eye to see sharply. There are two different types of macular degeneration called ‘dry type’ and ‘wet type’. In macular degeneration, which is an advanced age disease,oblique lines.Some symptoms may indicate illness!
It is the result of structural deterioration in the region called ‘macular’, which is responsible for the central vision of the eye disease (age-related macular degeneration) can cause vision loss over time. Yellow spot disease, which starts due to the aging process and other reasons, can often be diagnosed in the 2nd and 3rd stages since it does not cause any complaints in the early period. Ophthalmology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Selim Demir gave information about yellow spot disease and its treatment.
OCCURS IN THE NERVE LAYER
The disease that occurs in the nerve layer, which is about the size of a lentil grain, which allows the eye to see sharply, is called yellow spot disease. Ophthalmology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Selim Demir explains yellow spot disease as follows:
“In the retina (nerve cell) layer at the back of the eye, the nerve cells are not equally dense everywhere. The center where the light coming into the eye is focused is called the ‘macula’, which allows us to see sharply. Eye-specific yellow pigments called lutein and zeaxanthin protect the macula from excessive light damage. Due to the color of these pigments, this area is called the yellow spot. This region covers almost 5% of the retina in area, but is responsible for almost 95% of the visual function. In summary, there is a very high metabolic activity in a small area. As a result of lifelong intense metabolic activity, the macula (yellow spot) is no longer able to clean its toxic residues and the nutrition of retinal cells is impaired. The loss of function and death of nerve cells that cannot be fed is called yellow spot disease.
YELLOW DOT SLOWLY AFFECTS VISION
There are two different types of yellow spot disease called ‘dry type’ and ‘wet type’. Dry type is the most common yellow spot disease. However, dry type yellow spot disease progresses very slowly. With the onset of the disease, it takes more than 10 years for many patients to reach an advanced stage that will seriously affect vision.
With the accumulation of metabolic wastes that cannot be cleaned under the dry type yellow spot, white-yellow dot foci called ‘druzen’ are formed. With their increase, nerve cell destruction increases and vision decreases.
Unfortunately, the age type of yellow spot disease causes serious and sudden vision loss. The resulting loss of vision is painless. The wet type occurs in the form of uncontrolled abnormal vessels and bleeding and leakage from these vessels due to the vascular growth factors (VEGF) secreted by the yellow spot region as a result of malnutrition.
OPERATIONS MORE FREQUENTLY OVER 60 YEARS OLD
Yellow spot disease is considered among the advanced age eye diseases. If we cannot do many things as we used to as we get older, visual function also decreases with advanced age. The yellow spot, which is the most active part of the eye, also loses its old performance with aging.
WHAT CAUSES YELLOW SPOT DISEASE?
This disease is more common in people aged 60 and over. Genetic predisposition, exposure to sunlight, smoking are among the risk factors. Since the disease is progressive, there may be milder and vague complaints in the early period, while the complaints increase in advanced stages.
IF THE LINES ARE INCREDIBLE WHEN READING A BOOK…
Oblique lines, seeing objects larger or smaller than they are, are among the early complaints of the disease. Especially when reading a book, dimpling or bending of the writings in some areas is a sign of yellow spot disease. Blurred vision, being unable to see the center of the place seen clearly, and being able to select the shores are more advanced stages. In glaucoma (eye pressure) patients, a narrowing of the visual field is observed on the shores due to damage, while the opposite is true in yellow spot disease. In other words, while patients can see the shores, they have difficulty seeing the center.