Macular degeneration is the most common cause of age-related vision loss in older adults. In a healthy eye, light travels through the pupil and hits the retina, the inner back layer of your eye.

Wet age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is a chronic eye condition that damages the macula, a small area near the center of your retina. This part of your eye helps you see objects that are ...

A diagram of a healthy macula, dry macular degeneration and wet ... leads to the breakdown of the retinal layer called the retina pigment epithelium. It also disrupts blood vessels that are ...