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Hi doctor.i want to ask about heridetary night blindness with retinal pigmentosa..if thier is treatment he is 53years with dm&hypertension .
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Not yet: Night blindness (nyctalopia) is one of the hallmark symptoms of RP. Others include color blindness, loss of visual field and in late phase loss of central vision. Much work is being done on this distressing condition but no answers yet. Keep yourself posted.
Answered 1/26/2015
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