As the retinal cells in the center die off, they create a ring-shaped area of vision loss around the fovea. Other symptoms of MacTel include: Blurry or distorted central vision Trouble seeing fine ...

causing a gradual deterioration in central vision. In the type 2 form, tiny blood vessels around the fovea become abnormal and leak fluid, causing the macula to swell or thicken and photoreceptor ...

For those people who developed geographic atrophy in their central vision, the supplements had little benefit. But for the majority who developed geographic atrophy far from the fovea, the ...