Retinitis

Clinic

• It is inflammation of the retina in the eye, which can permanently damage the retina and lead to blindness.
• Its most common form, called Retinitis pigmentosa, that leads to blindness in patients in the age range of 20–60 years old.
• Retinitis may be caused by several infectious agents, including TPG, CMV and candida.
• CMV retinitis is an important cause of blindness in AIDS patients.
• Candida spreading to the retina from the bloodstream usually results in the production of several retinal abscesses.

2 Symptoms and signs

• First symptom is a slow loss of vision, esp that of night vision
• Later signs include loss of peripheral vision, leading to tunnel vision.
• In some cases, symptoms are experienced in only one of the eyes.
• Experiencing floaters, flashes, blurred vision and loss of side vision in just one eye may be an early indication of onset of retinitis.

3 Miasms

• CMV
• HSV-1
• HSV-2
• LCM
• RBL
• RVF: Vasculitis
• VZV