COLORBLINDNESS

WHO DISCOVERED IT?

• First person to discovered it was the first person who had it obviously
• But the first person to actually research it was john dalton

CURRENT STATUS

• It is more often in males because it is a disorder of x chromosone
• can it be altered with certain types of lenses in glasses but they are very expensive.

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS FOR THIS

• Trouble seeing colors and the brightness
• Not being able to tell the difference between certain colors
• You can take a test to see if you're color blind

WHAT BODY SYSTEMS ARE AFFECTED BY THIS

• This is a local problem within the eye and brain dealing with perception of color. It does not connect or interact with any other part of the body and cannot cause a problem anywhere else.
• Nothing too bad can happen.

HOW DOES SOME ONE RECEIVE THIS

• Genetic modes of inheritance
• Shaken baby sydrome

TREATMENTS

• Like I said You can get that one surgery
• But it its from heredity you can't fix it.

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SOURCES

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_blindness
• https://www.healthtap.com/topics/what-parts-of-the-body-are-affected-by-col...
• http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/tc/color-blindness-topic-overview?page=2