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Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Introduction

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited eye disorder characterized by progressive loss of peripheral vision and night vision difficulties that can cause central vision loss. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Retinitis Pigmentosa is available below.

Symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa

• Night-blindness
• Peripheral vision loss
• Progressive retinal degeneration
• Tunnel vision
• Progressive vision loss
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 11 symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Treatments for Retinitis Pigmentosa

• Vitamin A
• There is no effective treatment for this condition. Wearing sunglasses to protect the retina from ultraviolet light may help preserve vision
• There is no cure for the condition but complete loss of vision is considered uncommon for the disease
• It is recommended that sunglasses be worn regularly to protect them from UV light
• Regular screening should be undertaken to monitor for such things as cataracts
• more treatments...»

See full list of 8 treatments for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa?

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Retinitis Pigmentosa: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Retinitis Pigmentosa:

• Retinal damage (see Retina symptoms)
• Blindness
• Peripheral and centralloss of visionwill eventually occur
• Patients with retinitis pigmentosa often develop cataracts at an early age. Cataracts can be removed if they cause vision loss
• Retinal swelling (see Retina symptoms)
• Cataracts - patients tend to be more prone to the early development of cataracts
• more complications...»

Causes of Retinitis Pigmentosa

• Retinitis pigmentosa commonly runs in families. The disorder can be caused by a number of genetic defects
• more causes...»

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Disease Topics Related To Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Retinitis Pigmentosa: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Misdiagnosis and Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Retinitis Pigmentosa: Research Doctors & Specialists

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Medical research articles related to Retinitis Pigmentosa include:

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Prognosis for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Prognosis for Retinitis Pigmentosa: The disorder will continue to progress, although slowly. Complete blindness is uncommon.

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Research about Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Clinical Trials for Retinitis Pigmentosa

The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.

Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Retinitis Pigmentosa include:

• Natural History and Genetic Studies of Usher Syndrome - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Evaluation of Safety of Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Implants in the Eye - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Ciliary Neurotrophic Factor Implant NT-501
• Investigating the Effect of Vitamin A Supplementation on Retinitis Pigmentosa - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vitamin A
• Repository for Inherited Eye Diseases - This study is currently recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Randomized Trial of Vitamin A and Vitamin E Supplementation for Retinitis Pigmentosa - This study has been completed (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - Vitamin E,Vitamin A
• more trials...»

See full list of 20 Clinical Trials for Retinitis Pigmentosa

Statistics for Retinitis Pigmentosa

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• Death and Mortality statistics for Retinitis Pigmentosa
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Retinitis Pigmentosa: Broader Related Topics

• Retina Conditions
• Eye and vision conditions
• Head conditions
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Types of Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Definitions of Retinitis Pigmentosa:

Group of inherited abnormalities in the retina; characterized by night blindness, retinal atrophy, weakening of the retinal vessels, pigment clumping, and contraction of the visual field. - (Source - Diseases Database)

Retinitis Pigmentosa is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Retinitis Pigmentosa, or a subtype of Retinitis Pigmentosa, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Retinitis Pigmentosa as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet

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