A 31-year-old member asked:
How likely is it that someone will get retinitis pigmentosa?
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Dr. Randall Wonganswered
Ophthalmology 35 years experience
Inherited Disease: Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited form of retinal disease that may decrease vision or even complete blindness (unusual).
There are dozens of syndromes (diseases without obvious cause) that have characteristic eye findings of rp.
Usually there is loss of visual field and difficulty with going from light/dark.
Central vision loss is associated, complete blindness rare.
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Dr. Bernard Godleyanswered
Retinal Surgery 34 years experience
Uncommon unless....: Rp is a genetic disease. You are not likely to get it unless you inherited the defective genes from one or both parents. If you have other siblings with rp, then you may be at risk. If this is the case, then you should get get examined by the same specialist.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
How do you get help for retinitis pigmentosa?
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
Retinitis: Opthalmologist is your best bet.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
How does retinitis pigmentosa get diagnosed?
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Dr. Richard Bensingeranswered
Ophthalmology 54 years experience
Symptoms; tests: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is usually first noticed when the patient has difficulty seeing at night or loses a significant part of the field of vision. On examination there are characteristic appearances to the retina, and there is test called an ERG which gives the absolute diagnosis. Sometimes other cases are in the family.
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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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