About Retinitis Pigmentosa

Stephen's eyes look charming and bright. Why is he taking a cane for the blind?

People with RP has an ordinary outlook. However, due to the degeneration of the sight, some of them have to use tools for mobility.

Raymond is an excellent basket ball player under day light. Why does he stumble into the barrier in the night?

Night blindness is usually the earliest and the most common symptom of RP.

Fanny reads the price tag without any difficulties. Why does she bang into the fat guy aside?

Tunnel vision is another symptom of RP. One can see things clearly through central vision but anything out of the visual field will be missed.

Samuel's vision was quite good years ago. Why is he so clumsy now?

Vision of RP patients may deteriorate gradually and there is still no cure up to the moment.

Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited eye disease which causes progressive degeneration of vision. The number of RP patients around the world, as estimated, reaches 1.5 million. There are thousands of RP patients in Hong Kong.

Night Blindness is the very first symptom to be noted for RP patients, followed by narrowing side vision, leading to "tunnel vision". As it deteriorates, the central vision will also degenerate. in most cases, symptoms emerge in teenage, becoming "legally blind" in mid-age, and may totally lose visual function in late life.

Causes of RP are not explicitly identified for the time being, and there has not yet any medical treatment or means of stopping the progress of RP. The scene projecting into eyes of RP patients is one that is ever blurring and fading.