Color+blindness+4a

Our patient is 17 years old. His name is Maleik Torres. He suffers from color deficiency.
 * __ Color Blindness __**

Color blindness is color deficiency. Color blindness occurs when there is a problem with the color sensing material in certain nerve cells of the eye. Maleik doesn't have all of the color sensing cones(shown in picture) that the everyday eye does. The most common type of color blindness is having trouble telling the difference between red and green. Other times people have trouble seeing blue-yellow colors. If you have trouble with blue-yellow you most likely have trouble with red-green too.

The most severe form of color blindness is achromatopsia. A person with this can’t see any colors. It is very rare. It’s often associated with lazy eye, nystagmus, severe light sensitivity, and extremely poor vision.

Very few women are color blind. About one in ten men have color blindness. Most color blindness is due to genetic problem.

Some symptoms include: - -Trouble seeing colors and brightness of colors in the usual way. - -Inability to tell the difference between shades of the same or similar color.

There is no known treatment. Color blindness is a lifelon g condition. Most people can adjust easily.