Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
Illustration to show what Retinitis Pigmentosa could look like. With only the centre inside the oval eye shape in white to demonstrate loss of peripheral vision.
This is an inherited degenerative disease affecting the rod and cone cells of your retina. RP is typically diagnosed in young adulthood.
The main symptoms of RP are:
-
Increased difficulty to see in low lighting “night blindness”
-
Difficulty in adapting to a change in lighting levels
-
Reduced peripheral vision which eventually leads to loss of central vision in the latter stages of the condition
-
Reduced detail
