Question 1

what body part or body system does color blindness affect?

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Color blindness: Color blindness affects the eyes - sensory system -  The most common is Red/green  - so an individual has trouble discerning shades of reds and greens  -

Question 2

what does color blindness does to your body ?

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Nothing: 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.

Question 3

what is the main part of the body that color blindness affect?

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Color blind.: The cause of color blindness can rest in the eyes, the optic nerve or in the brain areas that process color information.

Question 4

how does color blindness affect driving now?

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Red green lights: In most cases red-green color discrimination is defective, but most people cope with it by using the position of various colors as the indicator rather than the color.

Question 5

how do we know humans aren't the ones color blind?

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Psychometric testing: Psychologists have devised testing using an animal preference choice to determine which colors they can discrimminate.  They can also observe the colored light absorption by individual photoreceptors with highly sophisticated laboratory apparatus.  So we now have a good idea of the color perception (or lack of perception) of most major animal groups.

Question 6

what is the rate of occurrence of color blindness in the u.s.?

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Rates: Occurrence is the number used to show how many new cases of something are diagnosed per year. Prevalence is the number of actual cases of the diagnosed condition present at any one time. Approximately 1 in every 75 people have a diagnosis of "color blindness.".

Question 7

is it common to develop color blindness in your mid 20's?

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Rare: Color deficiency is inherited at birth.  A few global diseases of the retina and rare strokes of the brain can affect color vision in an adult, but these are rare.

Question 8

how can  someone become color blind?

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Mostly genetic: By far the most common cause of color deficiency is a lack of 1 of 3 types of cones in the retina. This is inherited on the x chromosome. Which means it's most often passed on to sons from mothers. The mother's dad usually has the condition. Less common causes are medication toxicity and conditions affecting the retina or optic nerve, like ms + retinitis pigmentosa.

Question 9

why is my brother color blind when i'm not?

Accepted Answer

Are you female?: Color deficiency is most common in males as it is carried on the X chromosome.  Your brother has an equal chance of getting one or the other X from your Mom and one of these had the deficient gene.  If you are male, then you got the other one.  If you are female then you might have one deficient X gene but your other, from your father, is normal.

Question 10

i'm wondering how does it looks to be color blind ?

Accepted Answer

Apparently normal: The color blind see well and though they might make mistakes in color recognition that a color normal would not, they see everything out there as normal to them and few have any difficulty.

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