St. Joseph / Kansas City Macular Degeneration Treatment Specialists - Perfect Sense

Perfect Sense Complete Eye Care is home to highly skilled eye care professionals with extensive experience providing quality eye health care. Using advanced techniques and state-of-the-art technologies, the dedicated team provides macular degeneration treatments for patients suffering from this debilitating disease. They work diligently to restore each St. Joseph / Kansas City macular degeneration patient's vision and achieve the gold standard in patient satisfaction.

About Macular Degeneration

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness and vision loss in people over 65 in the United States. Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a progressive disease that causes a loss of central vision. The retina is responsible for capturing light which enters the eye. AMD occurs in the macula, a unique area of the retina that lets us see fine details and color. There are two forms of AMD which damage the macula in different ways.

Dry macular degeneration occurs when changes in the retinal tissue lead to drusen deposits in the macula, an indicator of unhealthy retina support cells. Dry macular degeneration occurs over time as the center of the retina – the macula – deteriorates and causes difficulty for patients to perform detailed vision tasks, such as reading and writing. Recommended treatment for dry macular degeneration includes UV protection while outside, no smoking, eating a healthy diet rich in antioxidants, use of an Amsler grid to monitor vision, MacuTab vitamin supplements and regular follow-ups every six months.

Conversely, wet macular degeneration develops after the growth of abnormal blood vessels in or under the macula. As these blood vessels grow through a process known as neovascularization, they begin to leak fluid and damage the macula tissues. This can lead to a more rapid loss of central vision and prompt treatment is important. About 10 percent of patients with dry macular degeneration will eventually develop wet macular degeneration. Additional treatment options for wet macular degeneration patients may include Lucentis injections and laser photocoagulation.

Macular Degeneration Treatment at Perfect Sense Complete Eye Care

Once macular degeneration has been identified through retina examinations, the skilled eye care professionals at Perfect Sense will then order several advanced tests to identify the type and extent of the disease to provide customized care. While there is no treatment to fully cure macular degeneration, there are several options available to slow the disease.

The eye care professionals may recommend a combination of high quality vitamins, such as MacuTab, to slow or reverse dry macular degeneration, such as Vitamin A, C, E and lutein. These natural nutrients have been proven to promote eye health and are available at affordable prices.

For St. Joseph / Kansas City macular degeneration patients suffering from the wet form of the disease, Perfect Sense offers revolutionary laser treatments and medications, such as Lucentis and Avastin, to help slow neovascularization and may reverse vision loss in some patients.

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In addition to being renowned as talented macular degeneration treatment specialists, the eye surgeons of Perfect Sense Complete Eye Care offer advanced laser eye surgery and cataracts treatments. Over the years, they have earned a reputation as foremost Kansas City LASIK surgeons and some of the most accomplished cataract surgery specialists. Please visit the respective pages to learn more about these procedures.