There are 200,000 Americans confirmed to have wet AMD every year. Wet AMD is a chronic eye disorder that causes blind spots, distorted vision, and vision loss. It is so named because of the blood or fluid leakage into the macula, which is the part of the eye that allows us to read and see in fine detail.
Wet age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD) is a chronic eye disorder that causes blurred vision or a blind spot. It is so named because of the involvement of blood or fluid leakage into the macula (MAK-u-luh), which is the part of the retina that provides us the ability to read and see in fine detail.