Trouble Seeing at Night

[mooduk]

Our daughter is 9 and has cerebral visual impairment/Balint's syndrome with normal acuity.  She also has vitiligo.  She has always complained of not being able to see in the dark and is much more likely to use her can in low lighitng conditions than in other conditions.  The ophthalmologist has said her optic nerves are normal.

I just came across an article http://bjo.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/67/3/153 which relates vitiligo to a condition akin to retinitis pigmentosa, the first sign of which is night blindness.  Is this something I should bring to the attention of our daughter's ophthalmologist?  If so, would waiting until her next appointment in June be OK?

Thank you!  

Mooduk.

PS  I really appreciate the existence of this forum!!

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

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[mooduk]

Thank you!  All this time we've been chaulking up our daughter's saying she can't see in the dark to her CVI, but now I wonder.  Happy Holidays!  Mooduk

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

Yes you should bring it to the attention of your Eye MD ophthalmologist next appointment. There is no specific treatment for RP. It's generally not difficult to diagnose.

JCH III MD