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OphthalmologicalSevere
Macular Degeneration
Ophthalmology · Ophthalmological
Severe
Severity
Common — a leading cause of vision loss in people over 60 in developed countries
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Ophthalmology
Specialist
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1The precise cause involves a combination of aging
- 2accumulation of cellular waste products called drusen beneath the retina
- 3and in wet macular degeneration
- 4abnormal fragile blood vessel growth beneath the macula. Major risk factors include advancing age
- 5smoking
- 6family history
- 7obesity
- 8high blood pressure
- 9and prolonged sun exposure. Genetic factors
- 10particularly variations in complement pathway genes
- 11also significantly influence risk.
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