Can color blindness be passed on to the next generation?

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2025-05-01 23:19:24 Views: 31 times

Color blindness is not inherited to the next generation need to be analyzed according to the type of color blindness.

Can color blindness be passed on to the next generation?

If the patient is congenital color blindness, and congenital color blindness belongs to X-linked invisible genetic disease, it will generally be inherited to the next generation, and the male incidence is more than female. If the patient is due to macular, retina, optic nerve, drug poisoning and other reasons caused by acquired color blindness, usually will not be inherited to the next generation.

Color blindness patients can choose the appropriate color blindness correction lens according to their own color blindness symptoms, which can play a role in identifying color, helping to reduce the impact of color blindness on life, but also pay attention to eye rest, should not use eyes for a long time.



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