Symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa

The list of signs and symptoms mentioned in various sources for Retinitis Pigmentosa includes the 11 symptoms listed below:

• Night-blindness
• Peripheral vision loss
• Progressive retinal degeneration
• Tunnel vision
• Progressive vision loss
• Decreased vision at night or in low light
• Loss of side (peripheral) vision
• Loss of central vision (in advanced cases)
• Peripheral loss of vision
• Loss of central vision - in advanced phases
• Retinal pigment epithelium mottling
• more information...»

Research symptoms & diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa:

• Overview -- Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Diagnostic Tests for Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Complications -- Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Doctors & Specialists
• Misdiagnosis and Alternative Diagnoses
• Hidden Causes of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Other Causes -- causes of these or similar symptoms

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Symptom Checkers

Review the available symptom checkers for these symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa:

• Night-blindness -- Symptom Checker
• Peripheral vision loss -- Symptom Checker

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Symptom Assessment Questionnaires

Review the available Assessment Questionnaires for the symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa:

• Night-blindness -- Assessment Questionnaire
• Peripheral vision loss -- Assessment Questionnaire

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Complications

Review medical complications possibly associated with 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...»

Research More About Retinitis Pigmentosa

Do I have Retinitis Pigmentosa?

• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Introduction
• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Diagnostic Testing to confirm diagnosis
• Home Diagnostic Testing
• Hidden Causes of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• How serious is it?
• Treatments for Retinitis Pigmentosa
• More about Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Undiagnosed Conditions

Diseases that may be commonly undiagnosed in related medical areas:

• Vision & Eye: serious diseases often undiagnosed:
  • Glaucoma -- Undiagnosed
  • Age-Related Macular Degeneration -- Undiagnosed
  • Cataract -- Undiagnosed
  • Diabetic Retinopathy -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical tests related to Retinitis Pigmentosa:

• Vision & Eye Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Eye Tests
  • Home Vision Tests
• more home tests...»

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Research Doctors & Specialists

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  • Ophthalmology (Eye Specialist)
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More about symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa:

More information about symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa and related conditions:

• Other diseases with similar symptoms and common misdiagnoses
• Tests to determine if these are the symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Symptoms that may be caused by complications of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Underlying causes of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms

Click on any of the symptoms below to see a full list of other causes including diseases, medical conditions, toxins, drug interactions, or drug side effect causes of that symptom.

• Night-blindness - see all causes of Night-blindness
• Peripheral vision loss - see all causes of Peripheral vision loss
• Progressive retinal degeneration - see all causes of Retina symptoms
• Progressive vision loss - see all causes of Vision loss
• Tunnel vision - see all causes of Tunnel vision

Retinitis Pigmentosa as a Cause of Symptoms or Medical Conditions

When considering symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa, it is also important to consider Retinitis Pigmentosa as a possible cause of other medical conditions. The Disease Database lists the following medical conditions that Retinitis Pigmentosa may cause:

• Night blindness
• Optic atrophy
• Optic nerve disorder

Retinitis Pigmentosa as a symptom:

For a more detailed analysis of Retinitis Pigmentosa as a symptom, including causes, drug side effect causes, and drug interaction causes, please see our Symptom Center information for Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Onset and Incubation

Onset of Retinitis Pigmentosa: 10-40 years of age

Medical articles and books on symptoms:

These general reference articles may be of interest in relation to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

• Diagnostic Testing for a Diagnosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa
• How serious is Retinitis Pigmentosa?
• More about Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Online Diagnosis
• Self Diagnosis Pitfalls
• Pitfalls of Online Diagnosis
• Symptoms of the Silent Killer Diseases
• Lesser known silent killer diseases
• Books on signs and symptoms

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About signs and symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa:

The symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa. This signs and symptoms information for Retinitis Pigmentosa has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Retinitis Pigmentosa signs or Retinitis Pigmentosa symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Retinitis Pigmentosa may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Retinitis Pigmentosa symptoms.

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