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Does Stress And Anxiety Cause An Acceleration In Retinal Pimentos?

hi I have a question. I have been diagnose with Retinal Pimentos RP After I came back from Iraq. I have no one in my family tree that we could find who has RP. I do have all the symptoms I am 55 years of age and have not really had any eyes problems. But while I was in Iraq I start to have eye problems. I like to know if stress or anxiety can causes a acceleration in this genetic disease. why all a sudden I have these eye problems
Fri, 24 Jan 2014
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Hello
Retinitis pigmentosa is a retinal dystrophy which affects the the retinal photoreceptors called as rods and causes gradual loss of vision. The loss of vision is more in the night initially.
It is usually because of hereditary condition and it runs in families. This does not have any relationship with stress and anxiety.

As of now there is no cure for the disease. The treatment is mainly by treating the causes which lead to loss of vision like macular edema, cataract, refractive error...

Hence I advice you to consult ophthalmologist for examination and treatment accordingly.

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Does Stress And Anxiety Cause An Acceleration In Retinal Pimentos?

Hello Retinitis pigmentosa is a retinal dystrophy which affects the the retinal photoreceptors called as rods and causes gradual loss of vision. The loss of vision is more in the night initially. It is usually because of hereditary condition and it runs in families. This does not have any relationship with stress and anxiety. As of now there is no cure for the disease. The treatment is mainly by treating the causes which lead to loss of vision like macular edema, cataract, refractive error... Hence I advice you to consult ophthalmologist for examination and treatment accordingly. Thank you