{"id":29606,"date":"2025-01-23T11:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T05:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=29606"},"modified":"2025-04-09T09:24:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T03:54:43","slug":"stargardt-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/stargardt-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Stargardt Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Stargardt Disease Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Researchers from Switzerland say they have developed a gene editing technique that could perhaps help treat Stargardt disease.<\/p>\n<h2>Stargardt Disease Overview<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as\u00a0<strong>Stargardt macular degeneration<\/strong>, is commonly caused by changes\u00a0<strong>in a gene, ABCA4.<\/strong>\u00a0This gene influences how your\u00a0<strong>body uses Vitamin A<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>inherited disease<\/strong>\u00a0that leads to progressive\u00a0<strong>vision loss in children and young adults<\/strong>. It is usually bilateral, involving both eyes.<\/li>\n<li>People with\u00a0<strong>Stargardt disease have too much lipofuscin<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; it builds up over the macula, which is the central part of the retina and is responsible for clear and sharp central vision. Everybody\u2019s eyes contain a yellowish-brown pigment called\u00a0<strong>lipofuscin<\/strong>\u00a0that builds up in cells as people age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Symptoms of Stargardt Disease<\/h2>\n<p>The most common symptom of Stargardt disease is a\u00a0<strong>slow loss of central vision\u00a0<\/strong>in both eyes. Some people lose their central vision more quickly than others.<\/p>\n<p>Other symptoms may include: Gray, black, or hazy spots in the center of your vision, sensitivity to light and color blindness<\/p>\n<h2>Prevalence of\u00a0Stargardt Disease<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This disease was seen\u00a0<strong>more commonly in males<\/strong>, presenting during the second decade of life.<\/li>\n<li>The disease prevalence was\u00a0<strong>estimated at 1 in 8000 to 10000 populations, with<\/strong>\u00a0deterioration of visual acuity leading to legal blindness and loss of central visual acuity<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Treatment:\u00a0<\/strong>There is currently\u00a0<strong>no cure available<\/strong>\u00a0for the disease.<\/p>\n<h2>Stargardt Disease FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong>\u00a0Can you live a normal life with Stargardt disease?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0You can live well with Stargardt disease<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong>\u00a0What is the life expectancy of a person with Stargardt?<\/p>\n<p>Stargardt disease has no impact on general health and life expectancy is normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3:<\/strong>\u00a0How bad is Stargardt disease?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Being diagnosed with Stargardt disease can be distressing, but with the right information and support, people can cope very well<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q4:\u00a0<\/strong>Is there a treatment for Stargardt disease?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0You can manage Stargardt disease, but you can&#8217;t cure it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q5:<\/strong>\u00a0How to prevent Stargardt disease?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong>\u00a0Lifestyle changes, such as avoiding excessive light and not taking supplements that contain vitamin A<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/health\/can-gene-editing-help-with-genetic-eye-conditions-a-new-study-explores-the-possibility\/article69108472.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stargardt Disease is also known as Stargardt macular degeneration, is commonly caused by changes in a gene, ABCA4.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":29607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-29606","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}