Albinism-Justin+H

Albinism  ** Description:  ** Has little or no pigment (color) in the skin, hair and eyes. The body is not able to produce or distribute melanin.  This disease could be inheritance by being passed down by families. There is two different types what are type one and type two. Type one albinism is caused by defects that stop the production of pigment, melanin in the body. Type two is formed to the defect in the “P” gene. People with this type has slight coloring at birth.
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 **Symptoms: ** The symptoms involve the eyes are: Functional blindness, irregular and rapid eye movement (Nystagmus), lazy eye (amblyopia), sensitivity to bright lights or glare (photophobia), wandering eyes (strabismus), distortion of a viewed object (astigmatism).

The symptoms involve the skin are: patchy or absence of melanin pigment, leaving areas pale, no pigmentation resulting in white skin, increased susceptibility to skin cancer, highly sensitive to sunburn.  The symptoms involve the hair are: forelock (portion of hair the hair near the forehead) turns white, absence of pigment in hair resulting in white hair./ Other symptoms: bleeding tendency, increased susceptibility, problems with bowels, nervous system disorder, breathing problems due to lung fibrosis, and deafness.  **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Daily Life: **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A daily life of a person with albinism is they wake up, get ready in the morning. If it is a bright day out they were sunglasses. They go to school or work like a normal person. Then they go to home or go other places. They eat, and they could go to sleep.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Diagnosis: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Albinism is diagnosis using a medical history and complete physical that includes an eye examination <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Treatment: **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">There is no treatment that can replace the lack of melanin that causes the symptoms of albinism. Doctors can only treat, not cure, the eye problems that often accompany the lack of skin color. Glasses are usually needed and can be tinted to ease pain from too much sunlight. There is no cure for involuntary eye movements (nystagmus), and treatments for focusing problems (surgery or contact lenses) are not effective in all cases <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research: **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The goal of treatment is to relieve symptoms. Treatment depends on the severity of the disorder. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Treatment involves protecting the skin and eyes from the sun: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">· Reduce sunburn risk by avoiding the sun, using sunscreen, and covering up completely with clothing when exposed to the sun. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">· Sunscreen should have a high sun protection factor (SPF). <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">· Sunglasses (UV protected) may relieve light sensitivity. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Glasses are often prescribed to correct vision problems and eye position. Eye muscle surgery is sometimes recommended to correct abnormal eye movements (nystagmus).

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