What is wet AMD?

Wet AMD (also called advanced neovascular AMD), is a less common type of late AMD that usually causes faster vision loss. Any stage of dry AMD can turn into wet AMD — but wet AMD is always late stage. It happens when abnormal blood vessels grow in the back of the eye and damage the macula.

How do members experience wet AMD?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with wet AMD*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for wet AMD*

Who has wet AMD on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 1
40s 1
50s 0
60s 1
70+ 3

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 2

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What is wet AMD?

Wet AMD (also called advanced neovascular AMD), is a less common type of late AMD that usually causes faster vision loss. Any stage of dry AMD can turn into wet AMD — but wet AMD is always late stage. It happens when abnormal blood vessels grow in the back of the eye and damage the macula.



Common symptoms reported by people with wet AMD


Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for wet AMD

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Compare treatments taken by people with wet AMD

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Who has wet AMD on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 4 say Wet AMD is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 1
40s 1
50s 0
60s 1
70+ 3

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 2
Female 2

These charts show data from Wet AMD patients who have completed their condition history
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