what treatment is available for colour blindness for a boy of age fifteen?
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There is no treatment for color blindness.  It occures when there is a lack of certain color receptors in the eye. The person could be 'trained' to differentiate between the colors,\nbut would never be able to see true green or red.\n\nFYI- color blindness is a trait carried by the female but only shows up in males.
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A color vision deficiency does not mean that your child doesn't know the names of colors.  It means that he cannot SEE certain colors very well.  Many males are afflicted - the common term is "color blindness."  This does not impact his intellectual ability in any way.  It means that he might have difficulty noticing the contrast between two colors in a drawing or certain colors may look "washed out" to him.  In other words, you see a green grass but he sees it as kind of gray.  The site below is very helpful.
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Find a new Ophthalmologist for your son. He shouldn't have to suffer as much as he has. Poor kid, I hope he gets the help that he needs.
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my uncle is completely colorblind. all he can see is black brown and white. he cant see very well because the colors blend together.
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100% of sons will be colorblind\n100% of daughters will be carriers\n\nYes this could stand up in court because there is no chance that the daughter recieved one of the recessive alleles from her father (because he would have to express the trait if he did).\n\nHowever, the man can still be her father, if a random mutation occured, x inactivation occured on the chromosome containing the dominant allele, chimerism, or perhaps an error in another gene caused the color-blindness...\n\nMost likely though, the man would not be her father. A deduction would not be made only on the fact that the daughter is color blind and the father isn't. A paternity test would need to be done.\n\nAnd I don't know what the hell kittybriton is talking about. People shouldn't attempt questions they don't know the answer to.
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There are treatments.  Check out the link.
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Glaucoma treatment...\n\nTreatment for glaucoma focuses on preserving eyesight by slowing the damage to the nerve in the back of the eye (optic nerve). Most treatment aims to prevent further damage to the optic nerve by lowering the pressure in the eyes (intraocular pressure, or IOP).\n\nGlaucoma is usually treated with medications such as eyedrops. Laser treatment or surgery is often needed.\n\nNaturopathic Treatments.......\n\nStudies show patients can reduce their eye pressure by five to seven millimeters with an improved diet and supplement program. In general, a diet high in betacarotene, vitamins C and E, and sulfur-bearing amino acids are recommended. Foods containing those nutrients include garlic, onions, beans, spinach, celery, turnips, yellow and orange vegetables, green leafy vegetables, seaweed, apples, oranges and tomatoes. \n\nDaily juicing of vegetables and fruits (preferably organic). Our glaucoma recipe is some combination of the following: celery, carrots, cucumber, radish, turnip, parsley, beets, cabbage, raspberries, plums, apple (not too much fruit). For more information, go to "Click Here". \n\nDrink lots of water - 8-10 glasses of purified water. Avoid carbonated, caffeinated and alcoholic beverages. They can actually dehydrate your eyes. \nManage your stress - meditate, take a walk in nature, practice yoga, visualization techniques or prayer on a daily basis. \n\nExercise daily - do at least 20 minutes of aerobic exercise daily. Walking and swimming are two excellent forms of exercise. \n\nEye exercises can help to bring energy and blood to the eyes, thereby helping to drain away toxins or congestion to the eyes. \n\nAvoid foods to which you are allergic: a study of 113 patients with chronic simple glaucoma showed immediate IOP increases of up to 20 millimeters when they were exposed to foods in to which they were allergic. Manage stress. Take up meditation, yoga, tai chi, or any practice that helps you relax. Some consider glaucoma a stress related condition. \n\nSupplement your diet with a good multivitamin such as One Plus Multivitamin (see website for more information) and/or a good Green Drink (see Paleogreens).
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Here is the link for the Lion's club http://www.lionsclubs.org/EN/content/about_index.shtml\nOn the home page, go to VISION PROGRAMS.\n\nCall the St. Vincent de Paul society at your nearest Catholic Church. Not all of them are helpful, but some are.\n\nI believe that the Vision Works chain has some kind of program. I am not sure. \n\nAsk your caseworker for Medicaid/Medicare to tell you where EXACTLY you can find the rule that they do not help with glasses. You want the publication, page number and paragraph. Sometimes they don't know, sometimes they don't care. I too, am on disability. \n\nCall the Ministerial Associaton for your city. They may know of a source.\n\nI hope one, or a comination of these things helps you.
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Most certainly not! Where did you hear that?!\n\nColor-blindness is a genetic trait that is carried on the X chromosome. It is purely hereditary.
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tell him no. Geez. 15 is too young to have a brain apparently.
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First of all, please have him evaluated by a psychiatrist. There are so many mental disorders that strike men at about the age of 15 on up. I can't say what his problem might be, but the sooner you have him evaluated , the sooner you can get him the help he needs. It may as simple as some medication or re-education on a possible learning disorder.
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If he DOES NOT "see" the letters correctly, that is NOT just dyslexia. It is probably because he also needs visual therapy through an occupational therapist and/or vision specialist. Ask a local OT working with the public schools about who they recommend for the diagnosis and therapy plan (usually an opthamologist, but not every opthamologist has the correct training for this).\n\nhttp://www.vision-therapy.com/About_Vision.htm\n\nhttp://www.memorialhospital.org/OccupationalTherapy.htm\n\nhttp://www.hollywoodvision.com/html/vision_therapy.html\n\nHere are some simple activities for you to do while you are waiting on the diagnosis and therapy plan:\nhttp://www.turningpointtechnology.com/Software/TF/Eye%20Track%20Software.htm\n\nContinue to provide phonics instruction. If you have the proper training for LD phonics remediation, you also know that there is a developmental "click" or "leap" that occurs. The constant exposure to phonics means that he'll suddenly be able to apply it, and show a huge gain in his reading level over only a couple of months, WHEN HE IS READY PHYSIOLOGICALLY.\n\nIf he is having vision issues, teach him the phonics rules through oral recitiation while you do the exercises the OT or vision specialist give you. Don't forget to keep building on his knowledge, starting with "vowel plus consonant is short," all the way up to the three sounds of "s", the five sounds of "ough," etc., even if he's not visually perceiving the letters at that point. Take it slow... the more advanced rules may not be something you hit until next year.\n\nYou should also have him play "catch" with you (start with a soft, larger ball like a kickball), do very simple (preschool) mazes and gradually work up in difficulty (VERY gradually), etc. My guess is that when he attempts a maze, he can't make heads or tails of it right now.
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Of course, they are just less susceptable to it, because they need a color blind gene from both parents for them to be color blind. If you still have any more questions, you should consult a Punett square.
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Color blindness is a gentic related problem. It is because the endings of the color receptors are damaged. Nothing causes it...it is pased down from generation to generation through Genes...Even if someone retains its reccesivly...they can still be affected. (Meaning...if it is not the dommenent gene...it can still someone effect you) Every once and a while a genetic mutation occures and someone gets it (vary rare) but most of the time it is a genetic mutation
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well, i am not sure if you can really invent this....but i think it would be a great idea...and i am sure it would take alot of research to figure out. my fiance is color blind, and therefore can not ever become a pilot in the army because of it. The estimation is that 1/2 the male population is color blind. I just cant imagine life without being able to see all the extravagant colors there are out there. so my invention would be some sort of color blind glasses.....that would interrupt or block certain colors so that the brain can see the other colors. like i said, it would take extensive research, but i think it wuold be a great opportunity for some people like my fiance who really wants to be a pilot but is not allowed because of his color blindness.
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There is currently no accepted effective treatment for any of the varied forms of Retinitis Pigmentosa.\nSorry to be so blunt, but various odd remedies have been proposed and done harm, including financial and emotional, to those desperate enough to try them.\n\nBee sting treatment, keeping one eye occluded to "save it for later", to name but two.\n\nLimiting UV exposure, as CluelessOne has already mentioned, can do no harm and may reduce the rate of damage.  Good nutrition, again, may come into the same category, with particular emphasis on dark green vegetables (broccoli, Kale  etc.) for their eye-related antoxidants.\n\nUK Optometrist.
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Try sulphacetamide.  And I swear this works:  Put a few drops of breastmilk in the affected eye.