Youth Bridge
Journal Entry #1
This week in Youth Bridge we had Berkley High cohort speak to us about Albinism and Vitiligo. What is albinism? Albinism is a group or inherited disorders characterized by little or no melanin production. Albinism is an inherited disorder it is caused by a mutation in one of several genes. Symptoms of albinism are problems with vision, crossed eyes, loss of color. Who does it affect? It can affect anyone. Types of albinism are ocular albinism, which affect only the eyes, not the skin or hair and occurs mostly in boys. Oculocutaneous albinism, affects the eyes, hair and skin. OCA1, have no pigment and no active tyrosinase. OCA2, people in this group have some pigment, but they do not tan. OCA3 have substantial pigment. OCA4, people with oca4 make a minimal amount of melanin pigment similar to people with OCO2. Complications of albinism is the risk of sunburn or skin cancer. There is no cure of albinism but what you can do is put sunscreen on, wear glasses, and avoid the sun. …show more content…
Vitiligo is the disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches. For vitiligo there 's really no pinpointed causes, but it is known as autoimmune disease. Some symptoms of vitiligo include loss of skin or premature hair whitening and loss of color inside mouth. Vitiligo can affect people of all races. Types of vitiligo are focal, smaller areas of depigmentation. Segmental, appears only on one side of your body, though it still can affect large patches of the skin. Acrofacial, there is a wide spread of white patches that affects nec, face, and bony prominences hands. Complications of vitiligo are social or psychological distress, sunburn and skin cancer, eye problems, hearing loss and dry skin. There is also no cure for vitiligo but, what you can do is wear creams, sunscreen, take pills, or you can even have a
Journal Entry #1
This week in Youth Bridge we had Berkley High cohort speak to us about Albinism and Vitiligo. What is albinism? Albinism is a group or inherited disorders characterized by little or no melanin production. Albinism is an inherited disorder it is caused by a mutation in one of several genes. Symptoms of albinism are problems with vision, crossed eyes, loss of color. Who does it affect? It can affect anyone. Types of albinism are ocular albinism, which affect only the eyes, not the skin or hair and occurs mostly in boys. Oculocutaneous albinism, affects the eyes, hair and skin. OCA1, have no pigment and no active tyrosinase. OCA2, people in this group have some pigment, but they do not tan. OCA3 have substantial pigment. OCA4, people with oca4 make a minimal amount of melanin pigment similar to people with OCO2. Complications of albinism is the risk of sunburn or skin cancer. There is no cure of albinism but what you can do is put sunscreen on, wear glasses, and avoid the sun. …show more content…
Vitiligo is the disease that causes the loss of skin color in blotches. For vitiligo there 's really no pinpointed causes, but it is known as autoimmune disease. Some symptoms of vitiligo include loss of skin or premature hair whitening and loss of color inside mouth. Vitiligo can affect people of all races. Types of vitiligo are focal, smaller areas of depigmentation. Segmental, appears only on one side of your body, though it still can affect large patches of the skin. Acrofacial, there is a wide spread of white patches that affects nec, face, and bony prominences hands. Complications of vitiligo are social or psychological distress, sunburn and skin cancer, eye problems, hearing loss and dry skin. There is also no cure for vitiligo but, what you can do is wear creams, sunscreen, take pills, or you can even have a