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Color Blindness. The Seths B5. Medical Questions and Answers. 1- How does a person inherit it? It is a sex-linked disorder that is recessive. 2- What possible genotypes are there? Heterozygous recessive and homozygous.
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Color Blindness The Seths B5
Medical Questions and Answers. 1- How does a person inherit it? It is a sex-linked disorder that is recessive. 2- What possible genotypes are there? Heterozygous recessive and homozygous. 3- How prevalent is it in the population? Red-Green 7%-10% in white males, Monochromacy .00001% in males and females. 4- What are thee chances of a person with this disease passing it on to their offspring? If a male has it on its x chromosome he will have the disease if a fem.ale has it on both of her x chromosomes she will have it.
Medical Questions and Answers cont. 5- How is it diagnosed? It is diagnosed using various tests such as pigment tests, isihara plates and an anomal scope 6- What are the physical symptoms of the disease? There are none. 7- What is the life expectancy of someone with the disease? The person’s life expectancy isn’t affected. The average age is 88.9 years. 8- How can the disease be treated? It cant be completely cured but there are glasses that can help.
Personal Questions 1-What is everyday life like? What is the quality of life? Everyday life is just like everyone else’s lives. 2-What limitations does the person have? The only limitation is that the person is unable to tell the difference between either red and green or blue and yellow. 3-what are some organizations that can help a family cope with a child’s disorder? Prevent Blindness America- www.preventblindness.org American Optometric Association www.aoanet.org 4-How possible is it that a cure will be found? As of now, there are special glasses that can help but there is no cure.
Organizations that can help • Prevent Blindness America- www.preventblindness.org • American Optometric Association www.aoanet.org
Interesting Facts • Color Blindness is more common in males then females. • 99% of people “Color Blind” aren't “Color Blind” but color deficient.
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