Conditions
Information on the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of some common blindness conditions
What is Macular Degeneration (MD)?
Macular Degeneration occurs in 2 forms. These are “involutional” (DRY) which is age related and “neovascular” (WET). Both forms affect central vision causing loss of the ability to read and recognise faces.
People with macular degeneration usually retain enough peripheral vision to care for themselves and remain active, but reading a clock, [...]
What is Retinitis Pigmentosa?
Symptoms of RP
Treatment For RP
Symptoms
Typical symptoms of RP are what are commonly referred to as “night blindness” and “tunnel vision”. Night blindness refers to a reduced ability to see at night time, but more than that it entails a diminishing ability to see in dimly lit conditions generally, as well as in [...]
What is STARGARDT DISEASE
Stargardt Disease is the most common form of Inherited Macular Degeneration in patients under the age of 20. It is usually first noticeable between the ages of 8 and 12.
Diagnosis and cause
In this condition, the cone cells (at the macula) deteriorate in function and eventually die, while the rod cells generally remain [...]
What is USHER SYNDROME?
Symptoms and Cause of Usher Syndrome
Usher Syndrome causes hearing loss from birth and progressive loss of sight due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP), which causes degeneration of the retina. Often the first symptom of RP is night blindness, followed by narrowing side vision leading to what is called “tunnel vision”.
Two types of Usher [...]
