Diagnosis and Tests For Age related Macular Degeneration

  • Age related Macular Degeneration
    Age-related macular degeneration (also called AMD or AMRD) is a condition that affects the central vision of a person. It can cause significant loss of central vision and affect quality of life of the person.    Age, smoking, high blood pressure and a diet high in saturated fat are key risk factors for age related macular degeneration.  
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​There are different tests to diagnose AMD

Ocular examination

This is the gold standard for diagnosis, where the ophthalmologist evaluates the retina after dilating the pupils to look for signs of dry or wet AMD or ARMD.
 

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) 

is a very simple and useful test that is frequently employed to confirm the findings and also guide therapy. It provides the clinician an “optical biopsy”, allowing him to understand the structural damage to the individual layers of the retina.
 

Angiography

is another test which is performed to judge the presence of abnormal vessels (choroidal neovascular membrane- CNVM).  It can be done both with and without venous injection of a dye, the dye less angiography (OCT-angiography) being more commonly employed these days.

 

Contributed by

Dr Brijesh Takkar
CRTP Fellow, IHOPE
Consultant Ophthalmologist, Vitreo Retinal Diseases 
L V Prasad Eye Institute

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Dermatological (Skin) and Opthalmology (Eyes) conditions
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Age related Macular Degeneration
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