You were asked to consider the following case:
A 76-year-old female patient is seeing you for an annual eye examination. She has already been diagnosed with dry age-related macular degeneration in both eyes and has been discharged from hospital with the advice to have annual eye examinations in community practice. .
Best corrected acuity: R 6/7.5 L 6/36
Her right eye shows extensive intermediate drusen and early nucleosclerotic cataract and in her left pseudophakic eye there is extensive subfoveal geographic atrophy.
She is happy with her overall level of vision. She has no significant general health concerns and is not taking any current prescription medicines.
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