Macular Disease
The word macula comes from the Latin word meaning a little spot. The macula is the small, central portion to the retina devoted to discerning fine detail. This is needed for tasks like reading, driving and face recognition.
When we scan a line of print, a person’s face or a scene, we are pointing the macula towards a succession of points of interest, like a scanner taking multiple snapshots. The brain directs the eyes to move in sequence to take in detail, so that we then build up a picture, in fact, a moving picture of our world.
Any condition that affects the macula can degrade the quality of detail that we see.
Age-related macular degeneration
The most common macular condition is age-related macular degeneration. Ageing changes and causes oxidation in the macular tissue. Resulting in a progressive decrease in sharpness of vision with age. This can often be slowed by the adoption of a pro-macular diet, sometimes with the help to dietary vitamin supplements.
In some cases, where there can be a rapid deterioration, due to the ingrowth or inappropriate healing vessel into the macula, drugs can be delivered into the eye, to halt the process and even sometimes to improve vision.
Sydney eye specialist for macular degeneration treatment
We pride ourselves in high level of patient care, aiming to provide each patient with individualised attention from your first consultation and well beyond your eye surgery recovery.
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ASHFIELD EYE CLINIC
Located conveniently in the centre of Ashfield (opposite the Holden Street entrance to Ashfield Mall), the clinic is only 5 minutes from the train station.
Ground Floor, 2 Holden St
Ashfield, Sydney, NSW 2131
Ashfield Eye Clinic is a well-established laser eye surgery practice in Sydney's Inner West suburb, and conveniently accessible from Sydney CBD by train.