Retinitis pigmentosa

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does not often start until the age of ten and night blindness comes with the age of twenty. Type II is characterized by a moderate to complete loss of hearing at a child’s birth. Luckily, after that, in most cases, the problems do not worsen. Retinitis pigmentosa or vision loss often occurs in a person’s late teens or their early twenties. Then later on, the night blindness appears in their twenties and thirties. With Usher…

Visual Prosthesis: Selling a Dream to Visually Impaired (A literature review of advancements in the field of Visual Prosthesis) Abstract Visual prosthesis is by far the best bet to restore vision in a patient suffering with visual loss. This paper provides a literature review of the various technological advancements made over time and how these advancements have proved noteworthy in fields of visual prosthesis. To develop a basic understanding about the visual prosthesis, the anatomy and…

TREATMENT GOALS • Stop progression of the disease • Prevent additional vision loss • Minimize functional impairment • Vision rehabilitation DISPOSITION • Recommendations for specialist referral ○ Patients who experience vision loss must be referred to an ophthalmologist experienced in retinal diseases ○ Immediate referral to a retina specialist is recommended when choroidal neovascularization is suspected or new visual symptoms appear in early macular degeneration ○ Consultation with the…

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In a blog on Quora, Cristina Hartmann expresses her experience with retinitis pigmentosa and Usher syndrome that has led her to have a gradual vision loss. Hartmann points out, “Some blind people have acuity issues; others have blind spots, but…what I see is unique to me and my condition”. Hartman tells us that the reality is…

Today, blindness can be scientifically defined in many different conditions from partial blindness to complete blindness (nlm.nih.gov). Despite the fact blindness is medically defined, society continues to enforce creative and limitless metaphors with the condition in forms of stereotypes that goes beyond the medical knowledge. In the novel illness as Metaphor, the American author Susan Sontag critiqued how speaking of a disease like blindness metaphorically has many consequences to people’s…

Brain Plasticity refers to the ability of the brain to change its structure or functions by changing the neural connections. Real life evidences such as Paul Bach-y-Rita‟s father‟s recovery after stroke, increased gray matter volume in London taxi drivers‟ hippocampus, etc. have supported the theory of neuroplasticity. This paper also discusses the applications of brain plasticity. Some of these include restoration of vision, recovery from brain injury and working of Brain Computer Interface and…

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