Are macular holes the same as macular degeneration or AMD?
Macular holes are often mistaken as macular degeneration or AMD which is age associated macular degeneration but they are in fact two totally different conditions and require two completely different treatments as AMD has two forms which are the wet type and the dry type and are caused usually by a build up of calcium and plaques over the macular which is the part of the retina that controls your central vision and is usually asociated with age and occuring usually in people over 55 years of age and macular holes are caused by the stretching or pulling of the macular and the hole occurs when the macula splits at its centre.
