Eyes - retinitis pigmentosa
Dr Sharad Rohtagi
Senior Ophthalmologist,
New Delhi
Senior Ophthalmologist,
New Delhi
Q: Is there any cure for Retinitis Pigmentosa? Do low vision aids help? Please assist in answering these questions.
A:There is as yet no cure for Retinitis pigmentosa. Promising research for cure is going on in the field of Gene therapy and future generations might benefit from this. Low vision aids definitely help in reading and writing and may be in the form of hand or stand magnifiers or telescopic L.V.A. entire page of a book may also be magnified and read on a small T.V. screen by an L.V.A. Meanwhile you can continue capsule Ocugold.