Rare Diseases

 

Causes of Blindness

Age Related Macular Degeneration:

• Progressive loss of central vision
• Leading cause of blindness in adults over 55

Retinitis Pigmentosa:

• Progressive loss of vision
• Usually begins with night blindness

Usher Syndrome:

• Begins with deafness at birth or early childhood
• Followed by progressive vision loss (due to RP) in teen years

Stargardt Disease:

• Most common form of inherited juvenile macular degeneration
• Characterized by a reduction of central vision with a preservation of peripheral (side) vision

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome:

• Complex disorder that affects many parts of the body including the retina
• Syndrome includes a retinal degeneration similar to retinitis pigmentosa

Best Disease:

• Also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy
• An inherited form of macular degeneration
• Characterized by a loss of central vision

Choroideremia:

• Rare inherited disorder
• Causes progressive loss of vision due to degeneration of the choroid and retina

Juvenile Retinoschisis:

• An inherited disease diagnosed in childhood
• Causes progressive loss of central and peripheral (side) vision

Leber Congenital Amaurosis:

• An inherited retinal degenerative disease
• Characterized by sever loss of vision at birth
• A variety of other eye-related abnormalities including roving eye movements, deep-set eyes, and sensitivity to bright light also occur with this disease Central nervous system abnormalities may accompany this disease

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