Juvenile Macular Degeneration May Be A Risk To Your Child's Vision
When it comes to central or straight-ahead vision loss, people usually think of age-related macular degeneration that affects older adults. However, early-onset macular degeneration, also known as macular dystrophy and juvenile macular degeneration, is a vision problem that affects children, adolescents, and young adults.
Although there are different forms of juvenile macular degeneration, heredity is usually the cause. Since a mutated gene is responsible, your child may be at risk for one of the various types of the disease.
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