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Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited eye condition that affects the photoreceptor cells responsible for capturing images from the visual field.

Best disease, also known as Best vitelliform macular dystrophy (BVMD), is is an inherited eye condition associated with progressive degeneration of the macula and is a form of juvenile macular dystrophy.

Choroideremia is a genetic condition that causes progressive vision loss, mostly in males.

Stargardt disease is the most common form of juvenile macular dystrophy (or inherited degeneration).

Usher syndrome is an inherited condition that affects both hearing and vision.

Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is an inherited condition which impacts many parts of the body including the retina.

Achromatopsia is a rare hereditary vision disorder affecting approximately 1 in 30,000 newborn babies.

Leber Congenital Amaurosis (LCA) is a rare genetic eye disease that appears at birth or in the first few months of life.

Our Retina UK Peer Support Group network offers information and support via regular meetings both online or in-person.

These very rare syndromes(NARP, Bassen-Kornweig, PXE, Norrie) affect the eyes as well as other parts of the body.