genetic
Blue cone monochromacy
Blue cone monochromacy (BCM) is an inherited eye disease that causes severe color blindness, poor visual acuity, nystagmus, hemeralopia, and photophobia due to the absence of functional red (L) and green (M) cone photoreceptor cells in the . BCM is a disease and almost exclusively affects males.
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Symptoms — what it feels like
- ·poor ability or inability to distinguish colors, poor visual acuity, nystagmus, hemeralopia
Treatment
- ·dark lenses
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