What is advanced AMD?

Advanced AMD is also called “vision-threatening AMD.” People with advanced AMD have vision changes in at least one eye. Common vision changes include: 1,4 Having advanced AMD in one eye increases your risk of developing advanced AMD in the other eye. There are 2 types of advanced AMD: 2-4 In dry AMD, retinal cells sensitive to light gradually die.

What are the different types of advanced AMD?

There are 2 types of advanced AMD: 2-4 In dry AMD, retinal cells sensitive to light gradually die. This interferes with the eye’s ability to sense light. Combined with RPE breakdown, this causes vision loss. Geographic atrophy describes an area where RPE cells have completely died.

What is Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)?

(Mark Arbeter, CMT) Advanced Micro Devices designs a variety of digital semiconductors for markets such as PCs, gaming consoles, data centers, industrial, and automotive applications, among others. AMD’s traditional strength was in central processing units, CPUs, and graphics processing units, or GPUs, used in PCs and data centers.