Color Blindness

SYMPTOMS

• May see some colors but not others
• May see many colors, so you may not know you se colors differently
• May not be able to see certain shades of a color
• Rare case if person only sees black, white, and gray
• Can find out if color blind by a color blind test

Causes

• Majority of time it is enetically inherited
• Present at birth
• Not always inherited
• Caused by aging, eye problems, injury or side effects of medicine

Treatments

• surgery in some cases
• Wearing colored contacts
• Wearing glasses that block glare

FUN FACTS

• Color blindness is more prevalant among men than women
• About 8% of all men suffer color blindness
• If woman is colorblind, all her sons will be
• 99% of all colorblind people suffer from red-green color blindness