What is Makulopathy?

Makulopathy is any disease of macula, the area in the center of the retina responsible for accurate vision. The retina is a light -sensitive tissue that lines the inner surface of the eye and the macula is a yellow, oval surface of about five millimeters in diameter. While damage to other areas of the retina may result in loss of peripheral vision, which may be unnoticed for a while, maculopathy causes damage to central vision that the patient usually notices immediately.

One of the most common macula diseases is macular degeneration in which loss of vision deteriorates over time. Macular degeneration is usually associated with age, shortened AMD or ARMD. Macular degeneration begins when small yellow or white bearings called drusen molding forms. Most people over 40 have some little Drusen without effect on their vision, a situation called Makulopathy related to age. Age -related maculopathy is more likely to develop on advanced macular degeneration if they are dirty and softrather than small and hard.

Macular degeneration causes macular holes to form, leading to blind points in the central vision. Macular holes can also be caused by trauma, although the incidence is low. If a serious wound causes blood vessels to damage the macula, the vision may also be loss. Malattia Leventines, also called Doyne's honeycomb dystrophy, is a type of hereditary macular degeneration in which Drusen begins to form in early adulthood. Drusen finally forms a honeycomb formula for macula and, like AMD, Malattia Leventine leads to irreversible loss of vision.

Macular pucker is another relatively common form of maculopathy, especially in the older population. Macular pucker occurs either to change the humor of the vitreous, clear jelly inside the eyeball, or as a symptom of diabetes. Unlike macular degeneration, Macular Pucker is usually completely curable if there is no greatI advanced.

macular pucker is characterized by convergence of cells in macula, which then pull and cause many macular symptoms. The cell layer can tighten and cause the macula to return or wrinkle, or can cause macular edema or swelling. Macular edema is the accumulation of fluid and protein on or below the macula, which can lead to a covered central vision. Another possible symptom is the poppy map, in which a thin, shiny membrane is formed above the retina and covers the patient's vision.