When should you see a doctor?

If you or your child has any of the following symptoms, you should see a doctor.

• Difficulty seeing moving objects

• Rapid movement of the eyes back and forth on their own (Nystagmus)

• No hair or skin color since birth

• Nosebleeds

• Easy swelling after injury

• Chronic infectious diseases

Reasons

What causes albinism (congenital graying of skin and hair)?

The causative factors vary depending on the type of disease.

Oculocutaneous albinism (OCA). OCA affects the skin, eyes, and hair. If you divide him into categories again…

OCA 1 – due to insufficient enzyme called tyrosinase, in OCA 1a, the hair will turn white, Skin color and eye color will also be pale. In OCA type 1b, the skin, hair and eye color will be slightly pale.

OCA 2 – In this type, there is not enough of the OCA 2 gene and the rate of melanin production decreases. In such people, the hair and eyes are naturally pale, and the hair is often yellow, bronze, and light brown.

OCA 3 – If this type is not enough TYRP gene, reddish brown skin, His hair and eyes are often brown.

OCA 4 – This type is characterized by insufficient SLC 45A2 protein and symptoms are similar to OCA2.

Ocular albinism (OA) – This is caused by a genetic mutation on the X chromosome and is more common in boys. hair, Skin and eye colors are normal. However, there is no color in the retina that captures the image.

There are other rare symptoms.

Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome (HPS) – When one of the 8 genes is deficient, the symptoms are similar to OCA, including lungs, Intestinal and bleeding problems often occur.

Chediak-Higashi Syndrome – This is caused by a deficiency of the LYST gene and the symptoms are similar to OCA. People with this disease often have brown or copper hair, white to pale skin, and defects in white blood cells.

Griscelli Syndrome (GS) – This is a deficiency in one of three genetic genes. If this disease is whiteness disease, It often occurs in conjunction with autoimmune disease and neurological disease. If you have this disease, you usually die within 10 years.