Does anyone know about x-linked retinoschisis?

does anyone know anything about x-linked retinoschisis? My boyfriend has x-linked retinoschisis. i have found out some info but i really would like to know more. like i said my boyfriend has it and he is unable to explain to me about it without me getting so udderly confused.please help so i can have a better understanding on how much he can see. he is 20 if that helps any. thank you.


~hydee~

Does anyone know about x-linked retinoschisis?
Retinoschisis is a disease of the nerve tissue in the eye. It affects the retinal cells in the macula (the central fixation point of vision at the back of the eye). Retinoschisis is technically a form of macular degeneration. However there are different types of macular degeneration and many people diagnosed with macular degeneration do not have retinoschisis.


Retinoschisis is a genetic eye disease that affects the vision of men who inherit the disease from their mothers. This condition frequently starts during childhood and is officially called Juvenile X-linked Retinoschisis. Affected men inherit this trait from their mothers who carry the condition but retain normal vision.





http://www.kellogg.umich.edu/patientcare...
Reply:My son has x-linked juvenile retinoscisis, he is two and was diagnosed over a year ago, and my brother has it as well. It is carried on the X chromosome, meaning females carry the gene and can pass the disease on to their male children. The only way for a female child to have the disease is if her mother was a carrier and her father had the disease. Since I carry the gene for the disease, my daughter (and any future daughters) has a 50/50 chance of being a carrier and my son (and any future sons) would have a 50/50 chance of having the disease.





The disease affects each person differently, some people have minimal vision impairment, while others will/have gone completely blind from the disease. My brother, for instance, is 23 and has one prostetic eye and his vision in the remaining eye is 20/700, with no peripheal.





Genetically, if your boyfriend fathers any daughters in the future, they have a 100% chance of carrying the gene, however, he cannot pass the disease on to a son.





Hope that helped.