Heterogenetic Disorders: Color Blindness

     There are three basic types of color blindness: deuteranopia, protanopia and tritanopia. Deuteranopia is a condition in which people have trouble dealing with green. These people are one of the largest groups of color blind people. Very often, these people also have a problem with red. These people can often distinguish red or green when with other colors, but when it is by itself, it is very difficult. Many people will just see it as white.

While extensive medical research on this disorder has only been conducted within the past twenty years, it is estimated that

Being colorblind can have many disadvantages like not being able to see which color the traffic light is on or not being able to find things that you have dropped in the grass, but being color blind can also come with advantages too. Being color blind can help people spot certain things that look the same color to other people.

John Dalton has been known to have discovered his own colour blindness in the year of 1794, seeing pink as blue and scarlet as green. The vitreous humor is known as a gel that can fill a space that is in-between the lens and retina of the eyeball, it’s also known as vitreous body. There are around 1 in 12 man and 1 out of 200 women that colour blindness affects in their everyday life, there are also different types of colour blindness that affects many such as Deuteranomaly or Protanomaly are also known as red-green where they find it difficult to see reds, greens, browns and oranges (Colour Blindness Awareness, Accessed 17.08.2015). Monochromatic which is seeing no colour at all. In a person’s eye there are three colours that make up all

Although color blindness does not always have a big effect on the lives of people, at times, it can be a problem. Whether it is at home, school, or work, a colorblind person may face certain challenges that those who have normal color vision aren't aware of (Living with Colour Vision Deficiency). First take school for instance. Many educational materials are color-coded to help guide the learning process; however, the students who are color blind (especially when they aren't diagnosed with color blindness yet) find themselves in trouble during these situations. Another example where there can be problems at school when being colorblind can occur for students with red-green color blindness because they "may also have difficulty reading a green

What classifies these abnormalities, as colorblindness, is the fact that it does not matter which of these abnormalities is present, but that they all narrow the color spectrum of the person affected. Take for example red-green colorblindness; red-green colorblindness means that there is an absence of the S-cone (blue photo pigment) from the eye, resulting in the shift of the color spectrum based on no blue photo pigment (dichromacy) (Neitz, 2000). Another common misconception about colorblindness is that if someone is, for example, red-green colorblind means that they cannot see red or (Placeholder1)green. But in reality, all red-green colorblindness is, is the absence of the blue photo pigment in the eye, which shifts the color spectrum of all colors (Fluck,

How is this disorder diagnosed and treated?,the reason of this is because genetic disorder is caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 18th chromosome.However, John H. Edwards has

Perception is being consciously aware (Goldstein, 2014, p. 8). Color is used in our everyday life and is usually taken for granted. Many people don’t understand how important color is by differentiating between your red top and your yellow one, or knowing if you should stop on a red light of drive on a green light. Being born with a color deficiency is easier because you don’t know what color is rather than losing the ability to see color after an accident. In our Sensation and Perception book, they gave an example about and artist that lost his ability to perceive color leading him to form depression. The artist eventually coped with his disability and started painting black and white portraits (Goldstein, 2014, p. 200).

Although it is not a huge problem in today’s society, color blindness can be a problem for many people today. To many people, the term color blind means that a person cannot see color at all. This is a huge misconception and is not true at all. In reality, being color blind means that a person cannot see certain colors. When viewing the world, many colors appear dull or discolored. Although this does not affect the normal functions of the human body, it can be a problem for young children learning how to identify colors. Being color blind may not be a huge problem for people today, but research and study still needs to be done in order for people to truly understand this amazing genetic disorder.

Color Blindness can have many symptoms depending on how radically your condition is. It also is a bit misunderstood to what it actually is; it is not blindness at all but loss of color sensitivity. Many people do not fully understand how it works because of how differently people see things when color blind. Many people explain it as seeing shades rather than colors because when someone is colorblind that person may see colors in a different way than anyone else. Also there are many different version of color blindness someone could have. Even though Color Blindness, through rare, it can effect people in ways no one else can understand except the person affected with this condition.

In spite of the name, colour blindness isn’t a form of blindness but a defect in the way that your eyes interpret colour. With this particular problem, you’ll find yourself having trouble when it comes to telling the difference between certain colours such as blue and yellow or more commonly red and green. Colour blindness, or colour vision deficiency as it’s sometimes known, is inherited and tends to affect more males than females. According to the Prevent Blindness America association, it’s estimated that roughly 8% of men and less than 1% of women have colour vision trouble. The red and green colour deficiency is by far the most common form of colour blindness. The blue and yellow colour

Color blindness can be inherited in a variety of ways. This disorder can be genetically inherited through sex-linked genes, or autosomal recessive genes, from two parent cells to a zygote. In these cases, the infant would be born with color blindness, although the severity of the disorder could possibly change with age. Color blindness may also be acquired, so a person may not become color blind until later in life. In

Have you ever had color distinguishing primary colors? Because if you have this may be a eye disease. Color blindness. This is a vision problem in which you have trouble distinguishing specific colors such as red, green, blue and yellow. Color blindness is a condition normally your born with, but it can be gained throughout life. It is literally when your unable to detect all of the primary colors to sum it all up. It is not in fact a form of blindness, but a deficiency in ways you perceive color. It is a condition that is inherited. Its said that it affects males more than it affects women. There is an estimate by the association prevent blindness america that 8 percent of males and less than 1 percent of women have color distinguishing problems. It is mostly seen within men from northern European descent. Rare cases show that someone can inherit a trait that reduces the ability to see blue and yellow pigments.

One of the most common misconceptions about colour blindness (also known as colour vision deficiency) is that people with this condition are completely blind to colour. That is, they see the world in black and white… Luckily, this is a very rare type of colour blindness, affecting 1 in 40,000 people. There are in fact various types of colour deficiency caused by different mutations, but my chosen technology targets at the red-green type.

Some included might be nearsightedness, known as myopia, reduced visual acuity, uncontrollable eye movements, or more sensitivity to bright lights known as photophobia. This color vision deficiency can be considered a from of achromatopsia, the other type of monochromacy. (WC #4) In this type none of the cone cells function, which makes the person experience their work in only black, gray, and white. It is present at birth and the lack of cones can make them unconformatble bright lights. Both of these types are extremely rare and much more severe than red-green or blue-yellow colorbllindness. (WC #3) As stated from Genetics Home Reference, “Blue cone monochromacy affects about 1 in 100,000 people worldwide.” (WC #4) Also, this is found equally in men and women. These are autosomal recessive disorders. (WC #3)