Retinitis pigmentosa is a group of hereditary eye diseases. It is characterized by the progressive loss of photoreceptors, mainly the rods and the retinal pigment epithelium. This degeneration is caused by mutations in specific proteins and enzymes of the retina. Retinitis pigmentosa affects one in every 2,000 people and is the leading cause of total blindness.
Pathologies and Treatments
Symptoms
This disease, which usually appears between the ages of twenty-five and forty, leads to progressive loss of visual acuity, visual field defects, and night blindness. The first symptoms include glare, difficulty adapting to darkness, progressive loss of peripheral vision, and color vision defects.
The hereditary component is present in most cases of retinitis pigmentosa, and the prognosis, as well as the progression of the disease, is related to the different types of inheritance.
Procedures
Medicina regenerativa: Endoret
Con el tratamiento de medicina regenerativa Endoret propiciamos la reparación de la superficie ocular afectada por la sequedad ocular. Se trata de un plasma rico en factores de crecimiento para el tratamiento de las lesiones de la superficie ocular elaborado a partir de la sangre del mismo paciente. Con esta formulación individualizada se consigue una tolerancia completa y una efectividad óptima. Esta opción terapéutica revolucionaria es muy eficaz en casos de defectos epiteliales persistentes o úlceras corneales. Asimismo se puede aplicar después de una cirugía refractiva corneal, una cirugía ocular o en el Síndrome de Sjögren.
Dr. Jordi Monés,
M.D. PhD
Número de Col·legiat COMB: 22.838
Director. Doctor of Medicine and Surgery. Specialist in Ophthalmology. Specialist in Retina, Macula, and Vitreous.
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Last modified: 19/08/2025