The vision retinal journal 874

Age-related macular degeneration, or AMD, has a way of sneaking into ordinary conversations in the exam room. A patient comes in for a routine check, mentions that reading feels harder lately, or says street signs blur before their glasses do, and suddenly the visit shifts from a refraction to a much more serious discussion about central vision, risk, and long-term planning. That is often where the most useful care begins. AMD is not managed well by guesswork or by waiti