Request. My mother has been suffering from retinitis pigmentosa for many years now. He is currently 77 years old and the degeneration has been gradual, but now we can speak of a semi-blindness. In all these years, those who have visited it have always remarked the rarity and incurability of the pathology, so much so that they desist from continuing to make them visit. Considering that the aggravation has increased even more in recent months, I would like to know if there are any suggestions on procedures to make the course of the disease milder. Considering the period and the difficulty in traveling, I would like to know if there is any valid specialist in Puglia to whom I can turn for a visit.
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Reply. Retinopathy pigmentosa is a variously progressive and disabling disease of the retina. The progression to complete visual loss may depend not only on the primitive situation but also on some complications such as macula edema and cataracts. A careful evaluation is therefore necessary and integrated with instrumental examinations to define whether one or more complications are present. In Puglia there are numerous specialists in retinal diseases.
* Edoardo Midena, Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic and the School of Specialization in Ophthalmology of the University of Padua