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Macular degeneration
Hi,My younger brother is facing issue with eye sight.He is not able to read and we need to zoom out.,so that he can read.We have consulted Doctor and we got to know that he have some spots on retina and there is no treatment for it.Its macular denegration.I have read that it basically caused to older people.But my brother is only 14.pls let me know if it's curable
can you share pictures of retina so can guide you better
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Hi I need to examine him to give you definite diagnosis . It's looking like retinitis pigmentosa or hereditary macular degeneration, sorry currently no treatment is available for the same
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