Yes, an optometrist can treat macular degeneration. You can read more info at www.allaboutvision.com/askdoc/macular-degeneration.htm
Macular Degeneration
There was no successful treatment for age-related macular degeneration as of 2001.
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD or ARMD) is by far the most common type of MD.
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People in their 60s may experience the first signs of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)
degeneration of the retinal cells in the fovea centralis
eyes
Macular degeneration
The symptoms of wet macular degeneration is loss of vision from the center of your field of vision. No one is sure what causes this but there are treatments to help it.
Memory loss is not a symptom of macular degeneration. The macula is a small spot in the back of the eye in the center of the retina. Any changes in the macula or any degeneration or dying of cells of the macula results in vision changes but not in memory loss. Click on the link for a list of common macular degeneration symptoms.
Macular degeneration