Retinitis Pigmentosa: Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of inherited disorders characterized by progressive peripheral vision loss and night vision difficulties that can lead to central vision loss. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Retinitis Pigmentosa is available below.
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Prognosis for Retinitis Pigmentosa: The disorder will continue to progress, although slowly. Complete blindness is uncommon.
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Group of inherited abnormalities in the retina; characterized by night blindness, retinal atrophy, weakening of the retinal vessels, pigment clumping, and contraction of the visual field. - (Source - Diseases Database)
Retinitis Pigmentosa is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Retinitis Pigmentosa, or a subtype of Retinitis Pigmentosa,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Retinitis Pigmentosa as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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