What treatments are available?
There is no treatment currently available to treat Best disease. However, a small minority of people with best disease have irregular growth of immature blood-vessels called choroidal neovascularisation. Anti-VEGF therapy works by inhibiting this blood-vessel growth and although there is no anti-VEGF specific for Best disease, research is ongoing in this field. A gene therapy to treat Best disease is another possible strategy as there is only one gene known to cause the condition.
It is very important for people living with best disease to have regular eye check-ups because these individuals may still be at risk of developing other kinds of eye problems that affect the general population, some of which may be treatable.