Objective 5d

Question 1

What is Retinitis Pigmentosa ?

Answer 1

A group of genetic disorder diseases that affect the retina.

Question 2

What are symptoms of Retinitis Pigmantosa?

Answer 2

Usually onset is late teens or early twenties.
Difficulty seeing in dim light
effects peripheral vision/ only tunnel vision
Advanced stages only have small central area of vision, considered legally blind.

Question 3

What is happening in Retinitis Pigmentosa?

Answer 3

Cell death of rods and cones and the eventual atrophy of several retinal layers and diminishing vision.