Shreyaabout 5 years ago

Ocular albinism

The word “albinism” may make you think of light skin or hair. But albinism also can affect a person's eyes. When it does, it's called ocular albinism, a rare eye condition that happens much more often in boys and men than in girls or women. The eyes of someone with ocular albinism may look different and act differently, and the person might need to wear special glasses or contact lenses. But that person won’t lose his eyesight completely, and it won't get worse over time. In fact, as children who have it get older, their eyesight may get better. Causes People who have ocular albinism are born with it. In most cases, it happens because of a problem with a gene they inherit from their mothers. Women carry this gene but don’t usually have symptoms. Almost everyone who has the most common type, called type 1 or Nettleship-Falls, is male. About 1 in 60,000 males have this.