COLOR BLINDNESS

CAUSES

• Sex linked gene
• Males w the disease pass on to carrier daughters
• Who produce sons with color blindness

FACTS

• 1 in 10 males are color blind
• It is an x linked disorder, meaning it is mostly found in males
• Caucasians are far more susceptible
• 1 in 100 eskimos are color blind

SYMPTOMS

• Trouble seeing colors
• Trouble seperating shades
• Severe nystagmus (side to side eye movement)

TESTING AND SCREENING

• Common eye exam
• When diagnosed or suspected, color wheels are used to pinpoint details
• Anomaloscope, comparing two colors on screen. Helps show severity.

TREATMENT

• No known cure
• Some glasses help seperate shades
• Non life ending

EXTRA FACTS!

• 8% of all men are effected
• Women who are red-green blind, will have sons who are also red-green blind.
• Fathers will not pass on the disorder to their sons
• About .5% of all women are effected
• Police officer, firefighter, and airline pilots are required to have normal vision

WORK CITED

• http://www.colour-blindness.com/general/prevalence/
• http://www.colourblindawareness.org/colour-blindness/
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001997/
• http://www.colormax.org/color-blindness-facts.htm