Patient
1. Female, 31 years old. Was diagnosed as retinitis pigmentosa
10 years ago.
Pretreatment
characteristic:
Night
vision: can't see at night; can't walk alone, needs assistance.
Daytime
vision: vision is restricted, needs assistance sometimes when walking;
needs to ask for help when changing lanes during driving; blurry vision,
sometimes double vision; eye fatigue.
Colour
vision: blue and black blind.
Post-treatment
follow-up:
Patient
1 received WVIP
treatment since July 29,1999. She received acupuncture on a biweekly
basis, drank Guangming herbal decoction daily and took antioxidants
every day. On Sept. 28, she reported seeing better at night for the
first time.
On Oct.
26, she reported that she could walk stairs freely at night, and she
could even drive at night. On Nov. 19, she had a Humphrey visual field
test, which showed positive improvement (see attached below). On Jan
22, 2000, she reported that she clearly sees lines on the road at night,
and needs no assistance when walking during the daytime. On Feb. 19,
2000, she could see better: she didn't need to ask for passengers help
when turning or changing lanes during day driving. On March 1, 2000,
she no longer needed glasses for daily life such as walking, shopping
and driving. She still needs glasses for watching TV. On June 19, 2000,
she reported that she could go and fetch some water to drink at night
without turning on a light in her house. Day vision: sees clearly, no
double vision, no eye fatigue.
Dec 3, 2002. Patient had received
acupuncture treatment and herbal medicine for the past 2 years. Since May, 2002
her vision had been very good. She didn’t feel she had RP anymore.
Night Vision: She sees clear at night,
Drives freely at night, can change lines at night without difficulty. She even
drove at night in the rain. She can park in underground parking easily.
She can see almost everything in theater,
going in and coming out of theater all by herself.
Dark Adaptation: She see no more glares when facing sunlight or
headlights of car. It take 1—2 minutes to adapt from sunlight into darkroom.
Visual field: She still experience some
minor restrictions in her visual field, but not enough to affect her daily life
any more.
On Dec2, 2002 She went to her ophthalmologist
Dr.Anthony Wong. Upon exam Dr.Wong told her: Her visual field is bigger, the pigments
on her retina 3 years ago completely disappeared. Her RP is “ stable/in remission”
Patient
2. Female, 33 years old, was diagnosed as retinitis pigmentosa
21 years ago. She is the elder sister of patient 1. She visited our
clinic after her sister's visual field test indicated positive improvement.
Pretreatment
characteristic:
Night
vision: can't see at night; can't see in dim light of movie theater.
Day
vision: visual field is restricted; can't walk without assistance;
has to walk slowly watching the floor; has difficulties with stairs,
especially going down stairs; when walking on the street has difficulty
with sidewalks, frequent knocking with others, tables or chairs on
the street - these accidents happened on a daily basis. She can't
drive during the day time, sees darkness around eyes. She feels itch
and fatigue in both of her eyes. There is redness in her eyes.
Cataracts:
right eye has cataracts.
Post-treatment
follow-up:
She received
WVIP
treatment since Nov. 23,1999. She received acupuncture twice a day for
9 days. She drank Guangming herbal decoction on a daily basis and also
took antioxidants daily. Two weeks after initial treatment, she had
a Humphrey visual field test that indicated significant improvement
(see attached below). On March 15, 2000, she received another 10 days
acupuncture treatments. She reported the following improvements:
Night
vision: she could go to the cinema by herself now and could see things
clearly despite the dim light of the cinema. Walk with more confidence
at night, but she still needs a little help.
Daytime
vision: walk by herself now, no need for other people's help anymore.
About 20% less accidents such as crashing with people, tables and
chairs. Sees less darkness around eyes. Easier to go down stairs.
No more itching, fatigue and redness in her eyes.
On May
25, 2000, she had another Humphrey visual field test, which indicated
very positive improvement (see attached below).
Patient 3.female. 54 years old. high schoolteacherfrom Calgary, Canada.
She was diagnosed as RP 14 years ago after
her brother diagnosed as RP. At beginning she only had night blindness. As time
passed by, she started to aware restriction in her visual field, glares at
sunlight, colors blindness. Her daily life and work was impaired.
5 years ago her sister copied a article
from library about acupuncture treatment of RP. She then started to see an
acupuncturist in Calgary for 3 years .However her vision continued to decline
over this period of time.
2 years ago ( 2001 ) she saw Dr.Yu’swebsite , and started to come to Vancouver
for Dr.Yu’sWVIP treatment since April 16,2001.She noticed significant improvement in her vision after initial 10
days of treatments. Following are the details.
Pretreatment Characteristic:
Night Vision : Unable to see anything in
dark. Need assistance from others if walk in the
dark. Often knock down cups on table in
restaurant.
Day Vision : Difficulties when go downstairs.
Knock on other pedestrians when walk fast
on
street. It was getting worse. She had trouble to see during driving when
turn left or change lines. Hard to find
things on the floor.need reading
glasses for reading books and newspapers.
Dark Adaptation : Hard to see her students’
face when sunlight was strong.Hard to find
ball when Golfing under sunlight.
Take 10 minutes to adjustfrom
sunlightto darkroom.
Lots glares when facing sunlight.
Colors Vision: Had trouble to see dark
green, dark blue, black, navy, purple and brown
colors. See green lights, not red and
yellow lights in traffic lights.
Post treatment
Follow up:
On April 20 ( 4 days
after tx) she read newspaper without glasses for the 1st
time. On April 27, She returned home from Vancouver and found her vision
improved about 4 years backward. For example, in swimming pool’s change room
she need to walk slow and watch her step before, now she could walk normal
speed and saw more things with better contrast. When she went to darkroom from
sunlight, she could adjust almost immediately. She could see clear face of her
students even sunlight was strong outside .She saw some kind of grey-white ‘belt’
in her peripheral vision before, now the ‘belt’ disappeared. She need to watch
the floor when she walked before, now she could walk with eyes looking
straight.
On June 29,2001, She came back from Calgary for a 3-day treatment. She did a Humphrey
visual field test which indicated improvement in her peripheral vision. Her
Doctor said: it is better than 4 years ago. She also had no eye fatigue and
redness in eyes
anymore. On July 1, She reported: When she
worked on computer before, she need to move the cursor to the left side of
screen, so she could see it. Now she didn’t need to do that anymore. Before she
when she need to look at a person at dinning table, she need to turn her neck
to look toward him or her. But now she could see them without turning her neck.
On August12, 2001, She came
back from a trip to Europe. She found her vision declined while travel in
Italy: walked slow on stone paved road. After returned to home, her vision
continued to decline:very restricted
in peripheral vision, can’t see anything at night, lots glares when facing the
sunlight. She started WVIP tx on Aug 12. After 8 days treatments, she started
to see better again :
Night Vision : She was able to see dishes, cups on the table under dim light of
restaurant.
Visual Field : When she walked, she didn’t need to look at ground as
much as
before. When dinning, she couldn’t
see cups and dishes on the table
and often knock down other’s cups before. Now she could
see the
cups , dishes and even her hands
on her lap.
Glares at Sun: gone again.
On November 23 to 30,
2001, she came back for WVIP treatment. Her vision had
been stale for past 2 month without declining.
On January 18,2002, she did Humphrey visual field test, which indicated significant
improvement in her peripheral vision.
She continued to received WVIP treatment in
February, April, July and October of 2002.
After her treatment in October, she
reported: she could see almost everything during day and night. Only one
problem was she still couldn’t drive well at dusk. Except that, shedidn’t feel she has RP
anymore.
Visual Field Tests:
·Pretreatment test ( 5 years ago)Left eye/ Right
eye
·Post-treatment test ( 6 months later) Left eye/ Right eye
·Post-treatment test ( 12 months later
) Left eye/ Right eye
Patient 4, male, 18 years old
Patient4, male, 18 years old. Collegestudent from Minnesota , U.S.A. He knew
about WVIPthrough internet.
He noticed night vision impairment
since 13 years old .He was diagnosed as RP in January, 2000. He visited Dr.Yu
on June 2, 2001. Prior to that he has received acupuncture treatment at his
hometown without improvement. His acupuncturist called Dr.Yu and referred him
to see Dr.Yu.
Pretreatment Characteristic:
Night Vision: can’t see anything at night without street light or moon
light. see stars
and moon. Was able to walk and run at
night with light. Was able to
drive at night with difficulties at
turns and during the rain.
Day Vision : visual field was severely restricted. Was able to walk by
himself with
lots accidents .no problem when go up
and down stairs. run and drive
during the day .
Colors Vision: hard to see purple, blue, dark blue and black color. Was
diagnosed as
colors blind.
Central Vision: Left eye 20/40. Righteye 20/70.
Dark Adaptation: see lots glares when facing Sunlight. need sunglasses
under the
Sun. take one minute to adjust
from sunlight to dark room.
Post
treatmentfollow up:
After WVIP
treatment from June 2 to 11, 2001, he had
following progress in his vision:
Night Vision: at 10th day of his tx, he was able to see
things and people at night
without light
for the 1st time .He saw things so clear, he thought it
was under moonlight. In fact that
was a cloudy day.
Day Vision: After tx in Vancouver, He returned home and had eye exam.
His visual
acuity was improved significantly.
Left eye 20/30, Right eye 20/30.
On August 20 to 29, 2001, he had his second WVIP treatment. His visual
field was significantly improved after tx. (See attached below).
Humphrey Visual Field Tests:
Before treatment (
Aug14, 2001) Left eye/ Right eye
After treatment (
Aug 31, 2001) Left eye/ Right eye
Patient 5
Patient 5 .
female, 32 years old. high school teacher from Calgary, Canada. She had RP for
21 years. She knew Dr.Yu through internet.
She came to visit Dr.Yu on June 20, 2002.
Her vision loss was gradual over last 21 years. It got worse dramatically2 months prior to visit Dr.Yu. By that time
her doctor was going to take away her driver’s license.
After her WVIP
treatment in Vancouver, her vision got significant improved .Following are the
details.
Pretreatment Characteristic:
Day Vision: was able to walk and run by herself. often ran into people
at work.
Some trouble to go downstairs. during
driving, very difficult to make
left turn, change line, merge into
freeway. hard to read small prints.
can’t see people’s face clear on TV.
hard to pick up things from floor.
50% of time she would miss during a
hand shaking .when shopping, she
had trouble to see and take the change
back. can’t see clear glasses on
table sometimes.
Night Vision : Never see well at night. often accidents when walk at
night. need
assistance to walk at night. Wasn’t
able to run and drive at night.
see moon, can’t see stars. Can’t
walk around restaurantunder dim
light. Can’t walk around home at
dusk.
Dark Adaptation : see glares when facing Sunlight. need sunglasses on
sunny days
and even cloudy days.
Otherwise she would feel pain in eyes and
headache. Take 1 to 2 minutes
to adjust from sunlight to dark
room.
Colors Vision and Complications: can’t tell navy from black color. start
to have
cataract in both eyes at the time ofher initial
visit.
Post treatment
Follow-ups :
After
her 1 stWVIP treatment
from June 20 to 29, 2002 in Vancouver, she had very positive improvement in her
vision.
Visual acuity: on 5 th
day of tx, she saw things more sharp and clear. She was able
to read ingredients on a ‘lemonade’
bottle for the first time. She saw a
lamp in her hotel room without
glasses, she couldn’t do this before.
On 7 th
day of tx, she saw a clear glass on the table in a restaurant at
dusk.
Night Vision : She saw more things at night than before, such as people
on bike,
curve of street, cars trees. She could see them even in raining
nights.
At night she was able to find and
turn on the switch at home for the
first time. At dusk she was able to
walk around rooms without
turning on lights for the first
time.
Visual Field : On 9 th day of tx, she saw lights in her peripheral
vision. She felt
seeing better on sides. She was able to play indoor Golf for the
first
time in 10 years. It was confirmed later in her Goldman visual
field
test.
Dark Adaptation: take only 30 seconds to adapt from sunlight to dark
room. Still
need
sunglasses in sunny days, but not need sunglasses in cloudy
day or raining day anymore. glares
when facing Sun reduced.
Disappearance of IBS: She had irritable bowel syndrome ( IBS ) for 2 years prior to
seeing Dr.Yu. She always had abdominal pain, ramps,
diarrhea bleeding in stool.
Her doctor had proposed to her to
have
a surgery on the bowel. 5 days after her initial WVIP
tx,
shestarted to feel better in
her bowel movement. Since then
she have never had any bleeding, pain, and
diarrhea. No more
need for a surgery. She
was very happy about it.
On Oct 1, 2002 she came back for 2nd WVIPprogram. She reported that after last
tx, her vision improved for 3 weeks, then it started to decline till Oct,2002. The declines most demonstrated in following areas:
knock on desk or people more often at work.
eye became more itchy, tired, burning, watery and pain again.
need to turn on lights again when walk around room at dusk.
take 1 to 2 minutes to adjust from sunlight to darkroom again.
more trouble in driving again.
She took 2nd course of WVIP tx
from Oct1 to 10, 2002. After tx she had following improvement in her vision:
Visual Field: at 4 th day of tx, she saw the difference between bush and
street on her
left side for the 1st time.she also
was able to see her left feet while
walking for the 1 st time.
At8th day, she started to see her Jacket of right arm while
walking for
the 1 st time.
At 10 th day, she was able to see her
own shadow on her right side for
the 1 st time.
On Nov 28,2002, she did a Goldman visual field test
which confirmed
her progress in peripheral vision.
Night Vision: At 3 rd day she was able to see a light switch in her
hotel room under
dim light. At 10 th day she was able to walk on street
all by herself at
night without accidents, seeing
clearly about road, sidewalks, edge of
road.
Dark Adaptation : At 8 th day of tx,she found herself being able to go into
‘safeway’—a lighted store from darkness at night and come out to
darkness from the lighted
store without waiting for adjustment.
At 8 th day she was able to
walk under sunlight without
sunglasses and saw no glares.
IBS: Her stomach was still good. No symptoms of IBS at all.
Goldman Visual Field Test:
*Pre treatment test ( June
10, 2002)Left
eye/ Right eye
*After 1 st tx test ( July
12, 2002 )Left
eye/ Right eye
Before 2nd tx test ( September 25, 2002 )Left eye/
Right eye
After 2nd tx test ( November 28, 2002)Left eye/
Right eye
Patient 6
Patient 6.male, 17 years old, high school student from
Detroit, U.S.A. He had difficulties in night vision all his life. Visual field restrictions in recent years. In april,2002,
he was diagnosed as RP by University of Michigan. He found Dr.Yu through internet,
came for WVIP
treatment in June.2002.
Pretreatment Characteristic:
Day Vision: be able to walk, run without assistance. No trouble when go
up and
down stairs. Had trouble in picking up
things from floor. When driving,
no problem with changing lines, road
signs, parking and traffic lights.
Night Vision: When drove at night, he couldn’t see well street signs,
white lines on
road, entrance and exit of freeways.
Saw glares from car headlights of
opposite cars. Hard to park in
underground parking.
When walked or ran at night , he
couldn’t see well and often ran into
fences and tables, etc. Once he even broken his left feet
because of
accidents at night.
He couldn’t tell the difference
between the real tree and the shadow of
tree. He could see stars and moon.
Dark Adaptation: Took 4 to 5 minutes to adjust from sunlight to dark
room. Took2
to 3 minutes to adjust from
darkroom to sunlight. Saw glares when
facing Sun, but no need for sunglasses yet.
Colors Vision and Complications: none.
Post treatment Follow up:
After his
initial WVIP
treatment from June 13 to 22, 2002.He saw following improvement in his vision:
Night Vision: On 5 th day of treatment, he went to see a football
game at night, he saw
stairs more clear than
before. When he drove at that night, he saw the
road more clear, felt
more comfortable with turns and changing
lines. Glares from headlights of opposite cars
also reduced.
On6 th day, he went to see
a movie. He was able to go outof
cinema,
bought some popcorn and
came back to movie without accident. He was
able to run at night
without accident, even in dark street. He was able to
tell the difference
between a real tree and the shadow of tree for the 1st
time.
After returned home from Vancouver, he found that it was easier
to park
at underground parking lot than before,
driving at night was easier as
well.
Dark Adaptation:
On 7 th day, he was able to walk from sunlight to dark room without
waiting for
adjustment.
Day Vision: He
saw more clear with her central vision. He couldn’t see his back yard
very clear before, now he
could see all the way back to his yard very clear.
He couldn’t see road very
clear after raining due to reflection before, now
he could see it very clear.
His improvement
in vision had lasted for one month, then his vision started to decline slowly, especially
in night vision. But his vision was still better than the start. On Aug 31,2002
, he came back to Vancouver for second course
ofWVIP
treatment. His vision improved significantly after 7 days of treatment.
Night Vision: No
more trouble to drive at night. Even went to snowboarding at nights.
Glares when facing car
headlights at night were almost gone.Was able to
walk and run at night
without accidents. Was able to see the difference
between the shadow of tree and the real tree. Was able to see
the edge of
sidewalks, trees and
grass at night .
Visual Field: He
felt visual field was bigger, especially in right eye. It was confirmed
later by Goldman Visual
Field Test ( see attached below). Driving
became easier. He didn’t
have to turn his neck when changing lines
anymore. At movie, he
was able to see the whole screen for the first time.
Everything in the cinema was less darker than before.
Picking up things
from floor became
easier.
Dark Adaptation
: Glares at Sun reduced .He could adjust immediately from sunlight to
dark room. There
was no delay ant more.
Goldman Visual Field Test:
*Pretreatment test ( Apr 15,
2002)Left
eye/ Right eye.
* After treatment test ( Oct 18, 2002 )Left eye/ Right eye.
Patient 7
Patient 7.
male, 45 years old. Computer engineer from Brazil. He knew about WVIP treatment
through internet. He came to visit Dr.Yu on Feb 11, 2002.
He was diagnosed as RPin Boston, U.S.A, 1972. Over the years he
had received treatments such as surgery, Ozone, electrical stimulation,
medication, nutritional supplements prior to see Dr.Yu. His vision had progressively getting worse
and worse over this period of time. His right eye got blind after a cataract
surgery. His left eye still had limited vision.
Pretreatment Characteristics:
Night Vision: Couldn’t see , walk, drive at night, even with moon light.
Couldn’t see
well under dim lights such as
restaurant or cinema.
Day Vision : Visual acuity in left eye was 20/100. Right eye was blind,
not sensitive
to light even. Was able to walk by
himself without assistance. Could run
and ride bicycle . If in a shopping
mall, he often felt dizzy and knock on
other people .Had trouble to go
downstairs. Was able to read computer
screen. Couldn’t read small prints.
Couldn’t see people’s hands during
handshaking for most of time.Didn’t have good judgment about the
real distance of an object such as
cups, bottles. Therefore he often miss
the object when trying to reach it.
Colors Vision: Couldn’t see brown, blue, green, and pink color.
Dark Adaptation: He need sunglasses all the time when under the Sun,
Took less than
one minute to adjust from
sunlight to dark room.
Complications: Had cataract bin left eye since 1991.
Post treatment Follow up:
After WVIP treatment from Feb 11 to 20, 2002,He noticed very positive improvements:
Day Vision: On 3 rd day of treatment, His eye felt more comfortable to
see things,
using less effort, felt less fatigue. Was
able to read menu better under
dim lights in a restaurant. He always saw
a blurry spot in his visual field
before. After 4 th day , he found the
blurry spot disappeared. On 9 th day
he started see
some lights in right eye ( the blind eye ! ) for the first time.
On 10 th day , he was able
to read numbers and letters on his credit card
( as the contrast is very little) for the
first time. He felt more confident
when walking . He was able to shake hands
without missing for most of
time.
Night Vision : On 3 rd day , he felt more secure to walk at night. On 7
th day, he went out at night, he could see almost everything such as people,
trees, and bikes, ect.
He came back for 2
nd round of WVIP
treatmentfrom July 14 to 23, 2002. The
following improvementwas observed:
Night Vision: Vision was sharper under dim lights in restaurant or
hotel. His wife
used to lead him to the table in
restaurant before, Now he could lead
his wife to the table without trips
or accidents. He was able to walk by
himself at night for the first time.
Day Vision : Farsightedness becameclearer. He felt visual field was bigger. Was
able to reach a cup or bottle without
problem. Read computer screen
more clear.
Dark Adaptation: Glares when facing Sun was gone.
He came back for 3
rd round ofWVIP treatment on Nov 2 to 13, 2002. He found following improvement
after treatment.
Night Vision: Every time he came to Vancouver for treatment, he always
lived in the
same hotel---- Holiday Inn . This time he was able to see
everything
more clear, even to see stairs under
dim lights. He went to some
restaurant and found it is brighter
than before too.
Day Vision: He always saw a crescent shaped light in his visual field
under sunlight
before. After this treatment, the crescent
shaped light completely
disappeared.
Patient 8
Patient 8. male,
46 years old. businessman from Singapore. He knew Dr.Yu through internet.
He had RP all his life. He didn’t have
normal vision since childhood. In his 20s, he noticed more signs ofnight blindness. He had cataracts in both
eyes, which was removed surgically later. Prior to Dr.Yu, he was on Vitamin A
and Novvasc, purpuralin .He noticed slight improvement in his central vision.
Pretreatment Characteristics:
Night Vision: Very poor. He couldn’t walk by himself at night or in
restaurant. Need
assistance if he wanted to go to kitchen to fetch some water at
night.
Couldn’t drive at night. he could see moon, and see 1 to 2 big
stars with
assistance.
Day Vision : Was able to walk by himself, but had lots accidents. Hard
to go
downstairs. Couldn’tdrive. When reading a book, letters looked
distorted. Couldn’t read small prints like white pages. Eyes felt
tired
easily. He often missed other people’s hands in handshaking for
more
than 50% of time. Couldn’t pick up
things from floor by himself.
Couldn’tread computer screen.
Colors Vision: Color is not sharp. Couldn’t see light green and light
yellow.
Dark Adaptation : Saw lots glares when facing sunlight. Need sunglasses
under
sunlight. Took less than one
minutes to adjust from sunlight to
dark room.
Other:Saw double vision when
tired , or got flu or cold.
Post treatment Follow up:
He came to receive WVIP treatment on Feb11 to 21, 2002.
His vision improved 2 to 5 years backward after tx. Following are the detail:
Night Vision: On 3 rd day of treatment, he walked better under dim light
in a coffee
shop, was able serve himself with
drinks, etc.
Day Vision : On 3 rd day of tx, he went to a church, he didn’t miss any
handshaking
from people at church. On 6 th day, he noticed he was able to see
wider
visual field while sitting th the lobby of hotel. After returned
to
Singapore, he was able to walk with more
confidence and less accidents.
He was able to pick up things from
floor by himself for the firs time.
His central vision felt more sharp. His
visual field improvement was
confirmed by Humphrey Test ( see
attached ).
Colors Vision: On 3 rd day, he was able to see light yellow color on
news paper for
the 1 st time. On 5 th day he saw
colors more sharp, “ black is more
black, red is more red “
Dark Adaptation: Glares when facing sunlightreduced on 6 th day of tx. He didn’t
even need sunglasses in a sunny day. Dark adaptation was quicker.
He could adjust almost immediately from sunlight to hotel lobby
(a dimmed environment ).
Humphrey Visual Field Test:
Pre treatment test ( Feb 4, 2002 )Left eye/ Right
eye.
Post treatment test (Mar 8 , 2002)Left eye/ Right
eye.
Patient 9
Patient 9.
female, 29 years old. University student from Mexico. She knew about WVIP
treatment through internet.
She had night blindness since childhood.
She started to be aware of visual field restriction 3 years ago. She was
diagnosed as RP in March, 2002. She came to Vancouver for WVIP treatmenton May1, 2002.
Pretreatment Characteristics:
Day Vision: was able to walk by herself, but always walk slow, sometimes
knock on
tables, doors or children. Had
difficulties when went downstairs. She
couldn’t run. She drove but not well.
Often miss in handshaking. Had
trouble to pick up things from floor. She could read books with
glasses,
but need to keep the book very close
distance.
Night Vision : was very difficult to walk at night, need to feel the
road with her feet.
Couldn’t drive at night. Couldn’trun at night. Could see moon and
1 or 2 big stars. Couldn’t see steps
in cinema.
Colors Vision: good.
Dark Adaptation : Took 15 minutes to adjust when went from sunlight to
dark room.
Saw glares when facing sun or
car headlights at night. Couldn’t see
things with sun glasses.
Other Symptoms: She felt pressure and pain around eyes all the time. Saw
lots flash
lights when closed her eyes. Had
no glaucoma or cataract.
Post treatment Follow up:
After WVIP treatment on May 1 to 9, 2002,she saw following improvement in her vision:
Day Vision: her central vision became sharper. She was able to read
books better, and
at longer distance on 7 th day of tx. Was
able to run during day time for
the first time.
Night Vision : saw more stars, both big and small ones. Was able to see
things with
sunglasses on for the 1 st time.
Other: Flash lights( when eyes closed ) were gone.
She came back to Vancouver for 2 ndWVIP tx
in August and November, 2002. She saw following improvement after tx:
Day Vision : no more troubles to go downstairs. Was able to run. Could
drive in the
city but not
yet on free way. Her doctor said: her central vision was
better in eye exam.
Night Vision : walked better, still with difficulties. Saw more stars .
Started to drive at
night for the first time.
Dark Adaptation: took one minutes to adjust from sunlight to dark room.
Other: no more eye pain.
In February, 2003, She came back for 3 rdWVIP
tx. She saw significant improvement in her night vision after tx:She was able to walk at night without
accidents. She saw everything on the street very clear at night.
Humphrey Visual Field Test:
Pretreatment test ( Mar 13,2002)Left
eye/ Right eye
Post treatment test
( May 22, 2002) Left eye/ Right eye
Post Treatment
test( Dec 5, 2002 ) Left eye / Right eye
Patient 10, male, 32 years old
Patient 10,male, 32 years old. Computer consultant from
Toronto, Canada. He knew Dr.Yu through internet.
He was aware of night vision problem and
tunnel vision since 1995. Was diagnosed as RP in 1997. Tried Vitamin A therapy
withoutobserved vision improvement .
He came to see Dr.Yu on May 4th, 2002.
Pre treatment Characteristics:
Day Vision: walked by himself with little accidents. Could run and drive
during the
day. had troubles to go downstairs. Hard
to pick up things from floor.
Often knocked off cups on table. had
difficulties to watch action movies.
Night Vision: couldn’t see anything in dark. Hard to walk under dim
lights in
restaurant. Was able to walk under
street light at night. Was able to
drive at night. Very difficult to
drive in the rain.
Colors Vision: Unable to see colors such as black, blue, light pink,
light yellow, and
light violet. Often had one sock in
black, and another in blue.
Couldn’t see yellow high
lighters.
Dark Adaptation: Saw lots glares under sunshine. Need sun glasses when
it is sunny,
otherwise he would feel pain
around eyes. Saw glares when facing
car headlights at night. It took one minute to adjust from
sunlight to
dark room.
Post treatment Follow up:
After WVIP treatment from May 4 to 12, 2002, He noticed
following improvements:
Visual field: At 7 th day of tx, he felt his visual field was bigger. Saw
more things at
both sides, felt more comfortable to
look at things without turning his
neck back and forth.
Night Vision: At 7th day of tx, he saw better image under
dim light. Walking became
easier in restaurant. Drivingat night became easier too.
Dark Adaptation: At 8 th day, he saw less glares at night when facing
car headlights,
less glares when facing sunlight.
It took only 15 to 20 seconds to
adjust from sunlight to dark
room.
ERG: In his eye exam after wvip tx on July 4, 2002, His ERG indicated
significant
improvement.
His doctor wrote in exam report: “ since the last ERG recorded
04/02, some response have increased more than
expected with inter visit
variations, but remain very attenuated. The patient
was able to comply with