Layers of the retina receive the external light and converts the light in to images which it then sends to the brain, but it has another responsibility to nourish and takes away any waste products from the macula’s light sensitvie rod and cone cells. The macula cells become damaged, which is responsible for your central vision, usually due to what the retina is sending the macula.

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Diagnosis Eye Disease

Eye drops will be used to dilate your pupils, this will cause the pupil to increase in size dramatically, allowing a better view of the retina and macula. Some may show you an Amsler Grid which is a grid of a black background with the horizontal and vertical white line across the grid.

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