CONTEST ALERT!! COLOR BLINDNESS

THE EYES

Eyes are one of the largest organs that provide us one of the strong senses of vision and it is something we have so blessed in our body, and due to eyes, we can differentiate in-between all the colors but some people are not able to differentiate between some specific colors and they are called color blind.

DEFINITION OF COLOR BLINDNESS

Color blindness is also known as color vision deficiency. This is a condition in which a person’s eyes are unable to see colors under normal light. People suffering from color blindness do have hard times and issues, trying to tell different colors from each. The have a seemingly same color vision for all the colors they look at, both during the day and in the night.

TYPES OF COLOR BLINDNESS

1. Monochromatism
   This is a situation in which there are no cones or just one type of cone is available and functional. The term “Monochromatism’’ is also known as complete color blindness, individuals in this situation can only view and differentiate common colors like mixtures of gray, black and white.
2. Anomalous Trichromacy
   In this type of color blindness, all the three types of cones are present. The detected issue is that one cone’s light sensitivity is altered, creating a reduced color spectrum. From the researches have made, this type of color blindness is known as the most common type of color blindness, as it creates a diversion in color differentiation, distracting easy identification of colors.
3. Dichromatism
   Dichromatism refers to when only two different cone types are available to detect and perceive color. In this case, people are unable to see the colors related to the missing cone.

COMMON CAUSES OF COLOR BLINDNESS

Eye diseases
Brain and nervous system diseases
Medicines
Eye or brain injuries

MANAGEMENT OF COLOR BLINDNESS

Going through further researches, if have discovered that there is no cure for color blindness. The development in science have further aided and assists color blind individuals, due to the invention of correctional glasses, which helps these individuals to see colors more accurately, also with technologies and apps on our phone that also help them to identify colors.

CAUSES OF COLOR BLINDNESS

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1. Physical Damage: This are damages done directly physical to the eye as a result of an accident, fights, stroke, age, or eye disease which poses direct impact to the optic nerve or any part of the human brain that processes color information.
2. Genetic Factors: This is known as the most common cause of color blindness, it is an inherited problem which alters the development of one or more of the three sets of color sensing cones in the eye. It is discovered that males are more likely to be color blind than females. This is as a result of the genes responsible for the most common forms of color blindness are on the X chromosome (male chromosome).
3. Exposure to Chemicals: Due to the rough nature of some jobs, individuals are exposed to some which chemicals can cause color blindness like; carbon disulfide and fertilizers, can cause color vision deficiency.

CAN COLOR BLINDNESS LEAD TO COMPLETE LOSS OF VISION?

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The response to this is NO. The information passed round that color blindness can lead to complete loss of vision is totally false or could be regard as a myth, with reasons that Color blindness a condition that affects the perception of color or a situation in which the human eye cannot detect specific colors, with response to light. Another reason to justify this response is that people with complete color blindness can still see some shades of gray, which entails that they are not completely blind.

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