Retinitis Pigmentosa

Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a relatively rare eye disease. About fifty percent of the people that develop it have a family history of retinitis pigmentosa. It generally develops in young adults eventually leading to blindness. Retinitis pigmentosa affects peripheral vision first, and then progresses centrally. Going to great lengths to research retinitis pigmentosa treatments worldwide, we learned that there is no known medical treatment for retinitis pigmentosa - not to prevent it or to slow down its progression. Retinitis pigmentosa history is vague enough that most eye doctors do not advise their patients on what steps might be taken to prevent its occurrence or how to slow down the progression of retinitis pigmentosa when it occurs. Patients are generally advised to return for frequent eye examinations to determine if the RP has advanced. If it is present, your doctor will usually record the advancement only (i.e. you probably will get very little useful information on relieving the condition).

There is something that can be done to possibly prevent retinitis pigmentosa and to slow down its progression when it is present. The chapter in Eye Care Naturally on retinitis pigmentosa details how this is accomplished through researched advice on eating properly, taking the correct nutritional supplements and adopting a suitable lifestyle. It is MUST reading for anyone with a family history of retinitis pigmentosa or anyone who has the disease. Why do nothing except wait for blindness when there is something that you can do to possibly prevent it, arrest it or slow down its progression.