The disease strikes people between the ages of 10 and 20, causing progressive vision loss. (sciencemag.org)
Retinitis pigmentosa is an inherited retinal degenerative disease that causes slow but progressive vision loss due to a gradual loss of the light - sensitive retinal cells called rods and cones. (uofmhealth.org)
Eye drops and surgery may help symptoms and halt progressive vision loss, but those therapies have side effects and there's no fixing the optic nerve once it's damaged. (mdibl.org)