Macular dystrophy

What is macular dystrophy? Macular dystrophy is a disease of the retina, which is limited to the area of the macula (site of acuity) and leads here to a degenerative (destructive) process. It is hereditary and mostly affects both eyes and thus causes characteristic symmetrical, bilateral changes in the retina. However, macular dystrophy can also … Macular dystrophy

Color blindness

Synonyms in a broader sense Medical: Achromatopsia, Achromasia Introduction With total color blindness, no colors at all can be perceived, only contrasts (i.e. light or dark). Often red-green blindness is also erroneously called color blindness, although it is a color blindness (color anomaly). A distinction is made between two forms: congenital color blindness and acquired … Color blindness

Symptoms | Color blindness

Symptoms The cones are not only important for color vision, but especially for sharp vision, since the retina contains only cones at the point of sharpest vision, the yellow spot, with which we usually fixate points. The rods do not offer by far the same resolution as the cones, but they are more sensitive to … Symptoms | Color blindness

Relevance for the driver’s license | Color blindness

Relevance for the driver’s license In fact, a color sense disorder rarely leads to a restriction of participation in traffic. Color-blind people are allowed to obtain a driver’s license and drive a car. Color blindness primarily comprises red-green vision deficiencies. Only a complete loss of color sense (achromatopsia) leads to restrictions. In this case there … Relevance for the driver’s license | Color blindness

Examination of color vision

General The color vision is made possible by our so-called color sense. We have this because our retina has sensory cells that can perceive colors. These sensory cells are called “cones”. Color vision is made up of various characteristics of vision. The eye has the ability to perceive the hue, saturation and brightness of light. … Examination of color vision