family history
Hi, I am 37years old living in Bangalore, India. In 1995, when down on the bed trying to fall asleep, my father was remarking about the ceiling fan above us. I then informed him that i was not able to view the fan (which until then i was able to). It was then that we went to the leading eye hospital in South India at that point in time, Sankar Netrayala to check on my eye condition. We used to make 2visits per year just to monitor the condition the doctors diagnosed it as RP, later as Gyrate Atropy and again RP. By around 1999, i was informed that i should not drive a vehicle due to my eye condition as the field of vision had deteriorated so badly.
I happened to have a chance to have my eye examined at Stanford University, School of Opthalmology during may2005 by Dr.Marmor who concluded my condition was Classical RP.
I have a strong family history too. My maternal uncle(passed away 14years ago, lived till 60) was completely blind before the age of 30 and my 3of my mother's 7uncles were also completely blind by around the age of 30. Just 4years ago, i underwent some genetic tests at Narayana Netralaya hospital, Bangalore as we wanted to check if my elder sister(41years old) is a carrier of the gene. Based on the genetic reports, the Doctors established that my condition was actually Choroideremia, not RP.
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