It may be helpful to combine a good diet with a vitamin and mineral supplement that provides the proper amount of anti-oxidant vitamins and zinc. It is not a good idea to take very high doses of such vitamins and minerals. To find out more, ask your ophthalmologist for advice. Outpatient laser surgery may help to destroy the abnormal blood vessels in wet macular degeneration. There are also vision aids that can help to make the most of the peripheral or side vision that remains.
Macular degeneration affects only the center vision.