What is macular degeneration of the eye?

Maculopathy of the eye is a common disease in ophthalmology, which can cause blindness. It usually refers to pathological changes in the macular area of the retina, resulting in visual distortion and central vision loss.

Maculopathy of the eye is usually related to genetic factors, retinal vasculitis, long-term hypertension, age factors, etc. It is usually divided into myopic macular disease, senile macular disease, idiopathic choroidal neovascularization, central serous choroidal retinopathy and other types. It can be diagnosed by fundus examination, optical coherence tomography, fluorescence angiography and other methods.