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The Seventh semi-annual optometric symposium was hosted today by North Shore Eye  Care at the Wind Watch Golf & Country Club.

Until recently wet macula degeneration could only be treated with laser with less than optimal results.  Newer injectable drugs significantly improve visual results.

At North Shore Eye Care we offer complete eye care to all our patients with specialists in many fields of Ophthalmology.  

Myopia which affects one third of the United States population is a leading cause of visual disability.

 While preserving vision doesn't seem to be an important priority for most people, as people age the need to maintain good  health is paramount.  An interesting statistic that highlights the importance of maintaining good health is that people over the age of 65 consume 10 times the eye care as those under this age.  It's a good thing Medicare starts at age 65.

 The signs of macula degeneration can be detected many years before visual loss occurs.  Usually the first sign that future trouble may occur is when small yellow-white spots are noted in the central retina of the eye known as the macula.  These spots known as drusen represent extracellular waste products that are no longer efficiently removed from the retina.