Albinism - a rare phenomenon. And, although it is quite well studied by modern science, among the inhabitants there are a number of myths about him. That of them is true, but what - fiction?
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This is not a disease at all, but only the phenomenon of hereditary nature. Let's
We will try to look at this problem at the angle of view of the author
This article.
Calmly, only calmly
I had to look at the child: physically healthy, smart four-year-old boy. Only skin and hair color is absolutely white, and even pale gray, almost transparent eyes are constantly sore... The child was ordinary albinism.
Albinism is difficult for illness, it is rather a phenomenon due to the congenital absence of melanin pigment, and at the genetic level.
Turn to the theory. For any inherited sign in the body corresponds to the combination of maternal and paternal genes. In each pair, one gene is dominant, that is, the characteristic version of the sign manifests itself in a child, another recessive (the sign defined by them is suppressed and does not appear). In the case described above, the parents of albinism gene was suppressed by a normal dominant genome. The son inherited from each of them according to the recessive genome, which led to albinism.
Thus, in externally ordinary parents suddenly appears «White» child. And the relatives of the boy on the father's line are in the same extent involved in its unusualness, as in the maternal.
PhotoFobia is optional
But this is all the theory. And in life, such children really have certain difficulties. First and basic - light-free (PhotoFobia). Albinos from bright light suffers not only the skin (they cannot sunbathe by definition!), but also eyes. Because of the light, the need arises to push, the result of which becomes astigmatism. However, this problem of albinism is solved. Good sunglasses, widescreen hat, closed clothes and rejection of sunbathing - this is what you need to overcome the photophone.
But there is a second problem... Often albinos characterize as subtitle people with a weak deformed skeleton. After all, the assimilation of the calcium organism responsible for the bone fortress depends on vitamin D, and the latter is produced precisely under the influence of sunlight. It would seem that a closed circle? Fortunately, and this problem can also be solved: calcium and vitamin D preparations are now enough. The main thing is to follow the balance of calcium and vitamins, and remember that excess vitamin D is equally unfavorable as its lack of.
So, the Albinos child has every chance of growing broad-grained handsome with a romantic-pale face. Elegant costume and mysterious look Through dark glasses add this image even more charm. As for the psychological problems associated with albinism, they are usually more about albino relatives than themselves.
Myths about albinism
Since albinism is extremely rare phenomenon, even today there are a number of myths about him, such as:
- Baby Albino threatens blindness. There is a big difference between be completely blind and have bad eyesight. Albinism causes «poor eyesight», or reduced visual sharpness, but it does not cause full blindness.
- Your child has no albinism, since he has no eyes red. Albinos have not red eyes. People with albinism have blue or gray eyes. Some people with plenty of pigment have a green or walnut eye color.
- Albinism adversely affects the mental abilities of your child. Albinism does not affect the mental development of the child.
- Your child is deaf. This situation can be extremely rare.
