Dr Pieter DeWet Live

Listen to this show if you are interested in learning more about macular degeneration and the treatment options available for it, both conventional and integrative. According to the Archives of Ophthalmology, age-related macular degeneration affects more than 1.75 million individuals in the United States. This number will increase to almost 3 million by 2020. There are 200,000 cases of wet macular degeneration that are diagnosed each year in North America. The most common conventional treatment strategy for treatment of macular degeneration is injections into the retina with injectables that quite often are ineffective and can even destroy vision. Unfortunately most people taking these injections have no clue about these controversies, but on this show we will be discussing this treatment strategy, the controversies surrounding them, and alternative treatment strategies that can make a huge difference in stopping progression of this disease and even reverse it. On this show I will be interviewing Dr. Ed Kondr