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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2699</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2020.12135</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>An Ayurvedic Protocol to Manage Retinitis Pigmentosa - A Case Report&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Narayanan</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kumar</surname><given-names>Aravind</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sukumaran</surname><given-names>Krishnendu</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Leena</surname><given-names>Agaja Peethambaran</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>6</day><month>07</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>3)</volume><issue/><fpage>25</fpage><lpage>32</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous group of inherited retinal disorders that almost invariably occur in both eyes and often result in blindness in the middle-age and advanced age groups. According to Ayurveda, the cardinal symptoms of night blindness and diminished vision seen in RP may be correlated with Kapha-Vidagdha Drishti, a Drishtigata Roga or disease of vision.&#13;
Case: A 38-year-old male presenting with blurring of vision since 2017 and diminished night vision since childhood is presented here.&#13;
Intervention: The patient underwent two courses of in-patient Ayurvedic management consisting of Panchakarma (bio-purification) therapy, oral medicines, and external therapies for the eyes and head.&#13;
Results: Assessment showed improvement in both unaided distant visual acuity (DVA) and visual field analysis.&#13;
Conclusion: The main aim of management was to preserve and give a better quality of vision for the patient. The results indicate the potential of Ayurvedic treatments to manage and maintain vision in retinitis pigmentosa.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Case report</kwd><kwd> Retinitis pigmentosa</kwd><kwd> Kriyakalpa</kwd><kwd> Panchakarma therapy</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
