Drusen are small yellow deposits that can form under the retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. These deposits are a natural part of aging. The retina contains light-sensitive ...

In advanced-stage AMD, drusen are larger and more numerous. They keep oxygen from reaching your eye. The vision loss ... goes to different parts of your body, including your eyes.

Some types of drusen are associated with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The retina is a thin layer of tissue that lines the back of the inside of the eye, near the optic nerve.

Dear Doctors: What happens in macular degeneration? My eye doctor found something called drusen in my eye, and now I’m supposed to take these special vitamins. He didn’t say anything about ...

Dear Doctor: My eye doctor says I have something called “drusen” on top of my retina. I’ve read that this is connected to macular degeneration, and I’m worried. Can you please explain more ...

Beneath the retina was a mound of rounded bodies representing ... attesting that this eye had moderately advanced AMD and Bruch's membrane was thickened. Soft drusen were evident but most of ...

“Our results, taken in aggregate, challenge the belief that an eye is necessarily at a correspondingly higher risk of developing wet AMD as more and more drusen develop and as drusen area ...

Drusen can dislodge the macula from its usual location in the eye. The size and number of drusen often indicate how severe dry AMD has become. Most people develop very small drusen as they get ...

Additionally, treating the cardiovascular condition and restoring the eye's blood supply may also help the SDDs. This work should prompt retinal specialists to look for both drusen and SDDs with ...

CLEVELAND — Drusen in eyes with age-related macular degeneration are affected more by oxidative damage than those in normal eyes, according to a cadaver eye study. This finding adds to evidence ...

Dear Doctors: What happens in macular degeneration? My eye doctor found something called drusen in my eye, and now I’m supposed to take these special vitamins. He didn’t say anything about ...