The girl sees the world in black and white

Little Briton whole world is seen in black and white. Cause of the disease: influenza virus, which her mother had been ill. According to British doctors, the treatment of the child's illness does not give in.

According to statistics, like the visual system disorder occurs in one case per 10,000 people. The effectiveness of the treatment against the disease has not been found. At Freya Rose - was the name of the little Briton - doctors have revealed hypoplasia of the optic nerve. The girl turned out to be completely insensitive to the color test, which, according to experts, is not typical of the disease. The baby can see the world in black and white. At the moment, Freya Rose Lyons optic nerves are not developed. In addition the child is observed nystagmus - abnormal movements of the eyeballs.

Of the problem parents Freya Rose Lyons learned immediately after birth. Unlike his contemporaries girl sleeping too much, and the eyes of the baby is constantly moving so that concentrate on anything she could not. According to doctors, the cause of vision problems from Freya Rose became the mother's illness during pregnancy - a woman attacked the influenza virus.

In an interview with the mother Freya Rose told reporters The Daily Mail That she was never seriously hurt, but her family had once been ill with swine flu. Doctors still do not give a definitive predictions about the little girl's illness. They do not exclude the possibility that over time the color sensitivity will return to the child.

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