What Is Xeroderma Pigmentosum?
6. Vision and Hearing Symptoms
In addition to having problems with their skin, patients with xeroderma pigmentosum will also sometimes have problems with their vision and hearing. For example, the patient can be more sensitive to light than usual. They can also find that their eyelids turn outwards or inwards abnormally.
Patients with the condition can also produce more tears than usual, the lens of their eyes can become cloudy, and the cornea can become inflamed. Lesions close to the eye will also cause blindness in some cases. Some patients will also begin to lose their hearing, and some will permanently lose their hearing altogether.
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