Which statement about Dry AMD is true?

Which statement about Dry AMD is true?

• A. It is less common and progresses faster than Wet AMD
• B. It is associated with neovascularization
• C. It causes complete blindness within a year
• D. It is more common and progresses more slowly than Wet AMD

Answer: (D)

Dry AMD is the non-exudative form of age-related macular degeneration. It is more common than the wet form and tends to progress slowly, with gradual degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors and, in later stages, geographic atrophy. Because it lacks choroidal neovascularization, it does not have the rapid, leakage-driven vision loss seen with wet AMD. Vision loss in dry AMD is typically gradual over years, not a sudden, complete blindness within a year. Thus, the true statement is that it is more common and progresses more slowly than Wet AMD.

Dry AMD is the non-exudative form of age-related macular degeneration. It is more common than the wet form and tends to progress slowly, with gradual degeneration of the retinal pigment epithelium and photoreceptors and, in later stages, geographic atrophy. Because it lacks choroidal neovascularization, it does not have the rapid, leakage-driven vision loss seen with wet AMD. Vision loss in dry AMD is typically gradual over years, not a sudden, complete blindness within a year. Thus, the true statement is that it is more common and progresses more slowly than Wet AMD.