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A member asked:
Is macular degeneration caused by trauma?
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No: Trauma can cause retinal macular trauma such as choroidal rupture, hemorrhage and detachment. Macular degeneration in the traditional sense is caused by aging.
Answered 9/26/2011
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Nope: One can get macular damage that could look like the end stage of macular degenration and have the same symptoms, nut they are 2 separate diseases.
Answered 9/10/2014
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No: Macular degeneration is essentially a genetic/inherited disease. Trauma can damage the macula however.
Answered 11/6/2012
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No: Typical age related macular degeneration is not caused by trauma. It is a genetic condition which can be affected by nutritional and environmental factors.
Answered 5/20/2016
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Can dry macular degeneration turn into the wet form? I've read that it sometimes happens, but it doesn't make sense to me. Don't the two forms of macular degeneration have different causes?
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Which form of macular degeneration is more serious? L was recently diagnosed with the dry form of macular degeneration. Is this form more or less likely to cause vision loss or other problems than the wet form?
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