Suffering from macular degeneration...

Macular degeneration is a condition that can make a child's face and surrounding objects appear distorted, which could be considered a type of facial disability, or the person might always be watching horror movies.

My mother, who is eighty-four years old, is not receiving any special treatment. In her sixties, she visited all the famous ophthalmologists because her eyesight had become very poor.

He also attended Korea University Hospital near his house, which was famous at the time, as well as Seoul National University Hospital in Hyehwa-dong. One of his optic nerves in one eye had atrophied, rendering it irreparable, and he gradually became blind in that eye, barely able to live with the remaining eye. Being inherently weak, his remaining eye's vision also deteriorated significantly, and he developed macular degeneration. I remember what my mother said when she developed macular degeneration. She said that her face and all objects appeared distorted, and human faces looked twisted, making her see monsters... In this way, macular degeneration makes people's lives difficult and painful.

Age-related macular degeneration is a degenerative disease that occurs in the macula of the eye tissue, causing vision loss.

The macula refers to the center of the retina, and this macula functions to enable precise vision of objects.

As we age, various changes occur in the macula, and age-related macular degeneration is a representative change among them.

Macular degeneration doesn't cause the entire field of vision to go dark or make you live in darkness; rather, only the area you want to see appears dark or distorted.

For prevention, just like with cut wounds, the best approach is to regularly perform fundus examinations to detect macular abnormalities early.

Just like my mother, as she gets older, the likelihood of developing issues due to aging increases, so simply thinking that blurry vision is just aging and only using eye drops is not something to take lightly.

And because people often go about their lives without noticing even if their vision in one eye weakens, they tend to miss the signs until it's too late. Especially since smoking is classified as a significant risk factor, smokers should be more cautious.

Obesity and high blood pressure are also said to be bad.

Generally, people with weak eyesight should wear sunglasses when exposed to ultraviolet rays, as it is essential for macular degeneration.

My sister has not received any special treatment at the hospital; she is only taking lutein and zeaxanthin. Although these are only acting as calming agents, they are providing a placebo effect that helps ease my mother's mind.

Due to blindness in one eye, the other eye also becomes weaker...

When stress worsens due to neurological reasons, the symptoms also become more severe... Moreover, there is no sign of improvement due to aging... At Seoul National University Hospital, the remaining eye is weak, and since there is only one, the risk is high, making it impossible to confidently proceed with any surgery, procedure, or even tests.

While writing this, I feel guilty for not being a good daughter. My mother is from an older generation, so she started going to the hospital early on, but back then, the technology was not good... Now, the technology has improved and advanced, but my mother's age cannot keep up with it, and I feel sorry.