What is retinitis pigmentosa?

Retinal condition: Retinitis pigmentosa represents a group of inherited degenerative retinal diseases. Symptoms include blurred vision, decreased side vision and decreased night vision.

Inherited Disease: Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of inherited disorders that cause degeneration of the retina and vision loss. The condition can be inherited in multiple ways and has a variety of symptoms. The most common ones are night blindness and gradual loss of peripheral vision. There is currently no proven treatment to cure it, however a retinal chip, the argus ii, may help in advanced cases..

Hereditary condition: It is a complex combination of hereditary conditions that affect the photoreceptors. Its a degenerative process that can be caused by a number of mutations and depending on the type, vision loss can begin as early as soon after birth to as late as in your middle age. Sometimes vision loss can be mild enough that you may not realize you have it.