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    Color Blindness: A Presentation by Sudwipto Kumar Mondal ID: 1911891043 ENG 111 (Sec-03)

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    Color blindness is a vision defect that makes it difficult to distinguish between colors and can be caused genetically if inherited from a parent or due to eye damage, drugs, or aging. The main types are anomalous trichromacy where one type of cone is weaker, dichromacy where a cone is absent leading to vision of only two colors, or rod monochromacy with no cone function and seeing only shades of gray. While there is no cure, color filters or contact lenses can help enhance color differences and acquired cases may improve if the underlying cause is treated.

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    Color Blindness: A Presentation by Sudwipto Kumar Mondal ID: 1911891043 ENG 111 (Sec-03)

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    Color blindness is a vision defect that makes it difficult to distinguish between colors and can be caused genetically if inherited from a parent or due to eye damage, drugs, or aging. The main types are anomalous trichromacy where one type of cone is weaker, dichromacy where a cone is absent leading to vision of only two colors, or rod monochromacy with no cone function and seeing only shades of gray. While there is no cure, color filters or contact lenses can help enhance color differences and acquired cases may improve if the underlying cause is treated.

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    Color blindness is a vision defect that makes it difficult to distinguish between colors and can be caused genetically if inherited from a parent or due to eye damage, drugs, or aging. The main types are anomalous trichromacy where one type of cone is weaker, dichromacy where a cone is absent leading to vision of only two colors, or rod monochromacy with no cone function and seeing only shades of gray. While there is no cure, color filters or contact lenses can help enhance color differences and acquired cases may improve if the underlying cause is treated.

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    Color Blindness

    A presentation by
    Sudwipto Kumar Mondal
    ID: 1911891043
    ENG 111 (Sec-03)
    “Of all God’s gifts to
    the sighted person,
    color is the holiest,
    the most divine, the
    most solemn.”
    – John Ruskin
    Colour Blindness is a defect in
    vision that makes it difficult /

    What is Color impossible for a person to


    distinguish between or among
    Blindness? colours.
    Cause

    ● Genetic: Colour blindness is caused by the X-linked gene. Males are usually
    affected because they only need one X chromosome, where females need
    both. A child must have had a parent carrier. There is 50% chance of mother
    passing this condition to her son.
    ● Drugs: Some drug also cause colour blindness like antidiabetic,
    erythromycin,sildenafil, cardiac glycoside .
    ● Also there can be some physical reasons but this is the minor case.
    Why does it happen physiologically?

    In our eye there are two types of light sensitive cell:


    1. Rods 2. Cones
    There are three types of cones:
    1. L-cones sense Red light
    2. M-cones sense Green light
    3. S-cones sense Blue light

    Faulty cones are responsible for color blindness.


    ● Aging.
    ● Eye problems, such as glaucoma,
    macular degeneration, cataracts, or

    Acquired color
    diabetic retinopathy
    ● Injury to the eye.
    ● Side effects of some medicines.
    blindness ● If you have inherited colour blindness
    your condition will stay the same
    throughout your life – it won’t get any
    better or worse.
    Types of Color Blindness

    1. Trichromacy (three colour vision)


    Also known as Normal vision
    2. Anomalous Trichromacy (unusual three colour vision)
    a. Protanomaly (l-cone defect) red weak
    b. Deuteranomaly (M-cone defect) green weak
    c. Tritanomaly (S-cone defect) Blue weak
    3. Dichromacy (two colour vision)
    a. Protanopia (l-cone absent)
    b. Deuteranopia (M-cone absent)
    c. Tritanopia (S-cone absent)
    4. Rod monochromacy (no cones at all)
    Also known as Achromatopsia.
    Diagnosis ●
    ●
    Ishihara test
    Pseudoisochromatic plate test
    ● Transformation plate test
    ● Vanishing plate test

    There are many tests available to measure colour


    vision defects but the most common is the Ishihara
    Plate test. This is the test most likely to be used for
    routine colour vision screening in schools or
    medicals.
    ● There is currently no
    treatment
    ● Colour filters or contact
    lenses can be used in some
    situations to enhance the
    brightness between some
    Treatment colours
    ● For acquired colour vision
    deficiency, once the cause
    has been established and
    treated, your vision may
    return to normal.
    Conclusion

    Colour blind people face many difficulties in everyday life. Problems can
    arise in even the most simple of activities including choosing and
    preparing food, gardening, sport, driving a car and selecting clothing.
    We all should be considerate towards them and help them anyway
    possible.

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