Age Related Macular Degeneration

Question 1

RF AMD

Answer 1

FAG SHON

F - Female
A - Age
G - genetics

S - Smoking
H - HTN
O - Obesity
N - Nutrition

Question 2

AMD genetics:

Answer 2

Complement factor H, Chromosome 1

Question 3

Wet AMD pathophysiology:

Answer 3

Choroid tries to heals RPE - > new (pathological) blood vessels -> bleeding -> macular edema

Question 4

____ is the study of nutrition therapy for dry AMD

Answer 4

AREDS

Question 5

_____increase lung cancer in smokers (part of AMD treatment study)

Answer 5

Beta -Carotene

Question 6

Wet AMD patients complaints:

Answer 6

Scotomas
Metamorphosis
Micromorphosis

Question 7

New (pathological) choroidal blood vessels double their size every _____, and ____% of patients will go blind in a few years

Answer 7

72 hours

60%

Question 8

A patient with wet AMD in one eye has a ___% of development ib the other eye

Answer 8

10%

Question 9

Elaborate of Photodynamic threapy

Answer 9

Hematophorphyrin (verteporfin) injected -> high affinity for weak blood vessels -> hit only them, and now photoreceptors.