Age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
When we discuss Vision 2020,1 we think of the developing world where even a simple pair of spectacles is not an option for most of the population. However, in the UK it is the increased ageing population that poses the largest risk to 'the right to sight'. Also it appears that more effort and expense is put into glaucoma (at 4.7 per cent prevalence2) compared with AMD (at up to 27 per cent prevalence), both for over 65 years patient groups.3 When you talk to many patients in the later stage of the disease they often feel more could have been done, communication was poor and depression and anxiety have developed.4
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