A 48-year-old member asked:
What are the common symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa?
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Dr. Tim Conradanswered
Ophthalmology 36 years experience
RP: The most common symptoms of retinitis pigmentosa is night blindness. As the disese progresses, the side vision and the central vision can also go. Early retinitis pigmentosa may be without symptoms. The disease is variable in presentation and progression.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
If i get retinitis pigmentosa, what are the symptoms?
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Dr. Colin McCannelanswered
Retinal Surgery 32 years experience
Vision loss: Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of conditions that have in common peripheral vision loss due to inherited abnormalities of the vision metabolism. Early symptoms are difficulty with seeing in dim light ("night blindness"), and then progression of peripheral vision loss, in some cases to complete blindness.
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