Prognosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Prognosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa: The disorder will continue to progress, although slowly. Complete blindness is uncommon. ...see also Overview of Retinitis Pigmentosa

Onset of Retinitis Pigmentosa: 10-40 years of age

Complications:

Complications of Retinitis Pigmentosa may include:

• Retinal damage (see Retina symptoms)
• Blindness
• Peripheral and centralloss of visionwill eventually occur
• Patients with retinitis pigmentosa often develop cataracts at an early age. Cataracts can be removed if they cause vision loss
• more complications...»

Complications of Retinitis Pigmentosa from the Diseases Database include:

• Optic nerve disorder
• Optic atrophy
• Night blindness
• more complications...»

See also complications of Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Retinitis Pigmentosa: Research More

• Retinitis Pigmentosa: Introduction
• Symptoms: Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Complications: Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Causes: Retinitis Pigmentosa
• Treatments: Retinitis Pigmentosa

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Retinitis Pigmentosa usually refers to the likely outcome of Retinitis Pigmentosa. The prognosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa may include the duration of Retinitis Pigmentosa, chances of complications of Retinitis Pigmentosa, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Retinitis Pigmentosa, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Retinitis Pigmentosa. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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