Light Therapy for Macular Degeneration

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Tip 1 - Photodynamic Therapy for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Hillel Porath | permalink

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a treatment for wet age - related macular degeneration (wet AMD). It is not used to treat dry AMD.In photodynamic therapy, a light - sensitive medicine called verteporfin (Visudyne) is injected into the bloodstream. The medicine collects in the abnormal blood vessels under the macula. Laser light is then shone into the eye, which activates the medicine and causes it t
Tags: Age-related macular degeneration, AMD, ARMD, exudative macular degeneration, eyesight, Macular degeneration, neovascular macular degeneration, PDT, photodynamic therapy, senile macular degeneration, vision, Wet macular degeneration

For further reading: http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/macular-degeneration/photodynamic-therapy-for-age-related-macular-degeneration ^[1]