Albinos people unexpectedly attract attention to others. They are not like everyone else. And not only externally. They are much more difficult to adapt to life than an ordinary person. Read more about Albinos people's problems in this publication.
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Albinism and its types
Albinism is a congenital violation, characterized by insufficient coloring skin, hair, eyes. This disease has existed since birth, and the reason for it is the disadvantage or absence of pigment (coloring matter). Albinism is a rare phenomenon, occurring at one of 10,000 newborns in the world. This violation is celebrated from different peoples in different parts of the world.
Causes and signs of albinism
Albinism is manifested only if both parents, being carriers of recessive defective genes, will give their child. If a couple with the same type of albinism are born by children, then they will all have the same type of albinism.
Albinism is associated with nearby marriages; Studies have proven a high frequency of the presence of common ancestors from parents of children with albinism. However, a couple with different types of albinism have a chance of birth of a healthy child. All children who inherited two defective genes, there is a decrease or complete absence of tyrosinease (the enzyme required for normal skin color, hair, eyes).
In addition to the already mentioned features of skin color, hair, eyes, some people with albinism are low. With full albinism of the eye have increased sensitivity to light, the light is annoying them, the movement of the eye is fast. It is often noted astigmatism (violation of vision, in which a child with difficulty concentrates vision on horizontal and vertical objects at the same time).
Difficulties of albino people: how to deal with them
Albinism as a diagnosis is made on the basis of inspection if the child has characteristic skin color, hair, eyes. The diagnosis can be complemented by laboratory studies confirming the absence of tyrosinase. Albinism can not be detected before childbirth when a fruit bubble is bubble at the mother.
Albinism often leads to violations of violation due to increased sensitivity to light. In case of skin damage to sunlight normal or high intensity, heavy burns and skin cancer may occur. The victims of albinism usually suffer from infertility and die before healthy.
The treatment of albinism does not exist. However, people with albinism can be maximally adapted in life if the following precautions are observed: it is very important that children with albinism will be most protected from the effects of sunlight. Outdoors, they must wear clothes, fully closing the body, use sunscreen or lotions even in cloud weather. If the skin exposes moisture, the sunscreen should be replaced.
Before entering school, a child with albinism should be shown to the ophthalmologist in order to choose him protective (dark) glasses, or, with violation of vision, corrective glasses or contact lenses.
