Macular Degeneration : Complications
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Complications could include:
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Inability to Drive
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Limitations on Activities of Daily Living
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Loss of central vision may interfere with many activities of daily living. Reading may require magnification or may become impossible. The ability to drive may be lost.
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Macular degeneration is the progressive deterioration of a critical region of the retina called the macula. The macula is a 3-5 mm area in the retina that is responsible for central vision. This disorder leads to irreversible loss of central visio...
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Macular degeneration is the progressive deterioration of a critical region of the retina called the macula. The macula is 3-5 mm and is responsible for central vision . This disorder leads to irreversible loss of central vision, although periphera...
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Developmental reading disorder, also called dyslexia, is a reading disability resulting from the inability to process graphic symbols.
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Reading disorder is a learning disorder that involves significant impairment of reading accuracy, speed, or comprehension to the extent that the impairment interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily life. People with reading disorder perform reading tasks well below the level one would expect on the basis of their general intelligence, educational opportunities, and physical health.
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An activities of daily living (ADL) evaluation is an assessment of an individual's physical and sometimes mental skills. In the area of physical or occupational therapy , it reflects how well a disabled patient or someone recovering from disease or accident can function in daily life.
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