Color blindness is the reduced ability to distinguish between certain colours. It is also known as ‘color vision deficiency.
- SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- CAUSES OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- DIAGNOSIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- TREATMENTS FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- PROGNOSIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- COMPLICATIONS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- COLOR BLINDNESS AND AYURVEDA
- NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- AYURVEDIC SODHANA TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- HOME REMEDIES FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- YOGA FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Inability to distinguish between different colors especially shades of red and green or blue and yellow.
CAUSES OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Age-related changes
- Certain medications
- Exposure to certain chemicals
- Certain diseases like macular degeneration, diabetes, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis
- Inherited color deficiencies
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF COLOR BLINDNESS
Gene mutations lead to premature destruction of cone cells in the eyes or production of defective cones making it difficult or impossible to detect differences between shades of colors.
DIAGNOSIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- History taking
- Vision test
- Examination of retinal changes
- Ishihara color vision test
TREATMENTS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Wearing coloured filter glasses or contact lenses
- Treatment for underlying pathology
PROGNOSIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- No treatment is available for the permanent cure of color vision difficulties.
COMPLICATIONS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Unable to perform the tasks that require color discrimination
COLOR BLINDNESS AND AYURVEDA
- As per Ayurveda, color blindness is included under ‘drishti netra roga’.
NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Excess vitiation of doshas in eyes
- Janmakrita – genetic causes
PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Nashta varna darsana – color discrimination is impossible
SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
The defect in the drishti mandala in the eyes along with dosha vitiation leads to symptoms of color blindness.
LAKSHANA – AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- Nashta varna darsana – reduced ability to distinguish between certain colors
AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF COLOR BLINDNESS
- The symptoms are difficult to cure. But can prevent the progress of the disease by appropriate ayurvedic treatments.
CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
Ayurvedic local treatment for color blindness
- Netra tarpana – with triphala ghita
AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- Internal administration of triphala churna along with honey
- Triphaladi Ghana vati
- Saptamrita loha
AYURVEDIC SODHANA TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- Nasya – nasal medications
COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES TREATMENT FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- Triphala churna
- Triphaladi Ghana vati
- Saptamrita loha
HOME REMEDIES FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- Daily intake of Indian gooseberry
- Avoid prolonged use of computer
- Take rest between the works
DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- Avoid food items that produce dosha imbalance like hot, pungent, salty and dry food, hard to digest. Because dosha imbalance aggravates the symptoms.
- Consume a balanced diet rich in vitamin A
- Avoid direct exposure to sunlight
- Avoid exposure to dust and smoke
YOGA FOR COLOR BLINDNESS
- Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – calms the mind and gets relief from the eye irritations associated with color blindness
The patient needs to be seated in a meditative posture with the head and spine erect, with the body relaxed. The patient has to close his one nostril (e.g. left nostril if using the right hand and vice versa) with the thumb and exhale completely through the other nostril. Again, he will have to breathe in deeply through the other nostril while the opposite nostril is still closed with the thumb.
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Ayurveda Medicine, India
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