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An inherited degenerative disease affecting the retina, the nerve layer lining the back of the eye. It causes loss of night and side vision.
Your doctor may ask these questions to check for this disease:
There is no specific treatment for retinitis pigmentosa. Protecting the retina with UV sunglasses may help delay the onset of symptoms. In cases of very advanced disease and severe vision loss, a retinal implant may be helpful.
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Kenji Taylor, MD, MSc (Family Medicine, Primary Care)
Dr. Taylor is a Japanese-African American physician who grew up and was educated in the United States but spent a considerable amount of time in Japan as a college student, working professional and now father of three. After graduating from Brown, he worked in finance first before attending medical school at Penn. He then completed a fellowship with the Centers for Disease Control before going on to specialize in Family and Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where he was also a chief resident. After a faculty position at Stanford, he moved with his family to Japan where he continues to see families on a military base outside of Tokyo, teach Japanese residents and serve remotely as a medical director for Roots Community Health Center. He also enjoys editing and writing podcast summaries for Hippo Education.
Masashi Mimura, MD (Ophthalmology)
Dr. Mimura Graduated from the Osaka Medical College and obtained his ophthalmologist certification in 2007. He opened an outpatient clinic for oculoplastic and reconstructive surgery at Osaka Kaijo Hospital. Subsequently, he was appointed as the assistant professor at the Department of Ophthalmology, Osaka Medical College, in 2014. He then served an international fellowship at the Department of Ophthalmology/Oculoplastic and Reconstructive Surgery, California State University, San Diego. Since then, he has been appointed as Lecturer in the Departments of Ophthalmology at Osaka Medical College and Toho University Medical Center Sakura Hospital. Dr. Mimura is currently the Director of Oculofacial Clinic Osaka, where he specializes in Oculofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
Content updated on Jan 29, 2025
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https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.08.29.24312810v1Hamel, C. Retinitis pigmentosa. Orphanet J Rare Dis 1, 40 (2006).
https://ojrd.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1750-1172-1-40O'Neal TB, Tripathy K, Luther EE. Retinitis Pigmentosa. [Updated 2024 Feb 12]. In: StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519518/Cross N, van Steen C, Zegaoui Y, Satherley A, Angelillo L. Retinitis Pigmentosa: Burden of Disease and Current Unmet Needs. Clin Ophthalmol. 2022;16:1993-2010
https://www.dovepress.com/retinitis-pigmentosa-burden-of-disease-and-current-unmet-needs-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-OPTH