RP is an inherited disease caused by gene defects instructing the cells in the retina to miss fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are a number of hereditary routes to RP, either male only with females as carriers (X linked) familial inheritance where both male and female siblings have a 50% chance of suffering RP from one of their parents and recessive inheritance where two carriers create a 25% chance of a sibling with RP whilst there appears to be no familial link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no cure for RP although many find its onset (between 10 and 30 years old) to be very slow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The malfunction can start with central vision but in many cases vision is loss from the outside in creating the effect of tunnel vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early symptoms are of poor vision in dimly lit areas and in its later stage glare from light sources can occur. It can be linked to a number of other disabilities which are normally denoted as syndromes. Ushers syndrome for example demonstrates hearing impairment as well as RP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
RP sufferers are more prone to cataracts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are continuing trials using stem cells with some early successes in light perception<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
RP is an inherited disease caused by gene defects instructing the cells in the retina to miss fire. There are a number of hereditary routes to RP, either male only with females as carriers (X linked) familial inheritance where both male and female siblings have a 50% chance of suffering RP from one of their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":42226,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42235","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n