When is International Albinism Awareness Day?
Tuesday June 13thEvery year, International Albinism Awareness Day honors human beings born with albinism and aims to raise awareness and knowledge of this genetic disorder.
Albinism is characterized by a melanin pigment deficiency in the skin, hair, and eyes. s a rare disease, according to the National Institutes of Health. One in 20,000 people has albinism around the world. In areas of Africa, the disease is most prevalent. Albinism is present in approximately one out of every four people in South Africa. According to the government, one in every 1,400 people could have the genetic disorder.
Medical issues
Many people with albinism are vulnerable to sun exposure. This exposure raises the risk of skin cancer and severe visual impairment... People with albinism are often described as an albino. Nevertheless, many people regard this as a derogatory term.
Albinism is also not fully understood, socially, or medically. Both parents must have the gene for their child in order to have the condition. And, although the parents have the gene, they may not have any physical signs of the condition. People with albinism have blurred vision because the eye requires pigment to produce normal vision. Many people with albinism are legally blind.
