Is it possible to develop colourblindness?!
Question:
Is it possible to develop colourblindness?
well some people are natrually colourblind, but can some develop it? f so, how long would it take for the symptons to show?
Answers:
Hello there, good question... I just looked it up in my textbook and found some info on color blindness.
(Congenital just means that you were born with it and acquired means that you developed it)
-Color vision defects are either congenital or acquired. While hereditary congenital color defects are almost always "red/green", affecting 8% of males and 0.5% of females. Acquired defects are more often of the "blue/yellow" variety and affect males and females equally and can be cause by macular or optic nerve disease.
-Most congenital color vision defects affect both eyes equally. where as acquired more often affects one eye more then the other.
-Congenital defects you are born with and is constant in type and with its severity throughout life.
-Acquired color vision defects generally vary in type and severity, depending on the location and source of the ocular pathology.
So to sum it up...It can be both hereditary and you can develop it!!! If you do develop it that is usually the first signs of macular or optic nerve disease so it can be sudden. Also if you get injured it would be sudden as well..... :)
Check out the link has tests for color blindness and more info :)