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Colourblind test

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Question - (26 November 2011) 6 Answers - (Newest, 26 November 2011)
A female United Kingdom age 41-50, anonymous writes:

Hi guys need help-not romantic stuff but please help me as your advice is really cool and appreciated. Hey guys sorry to disturb but i need help-very worried

got an opportunity to apply for a highly paid job but need to do a colourblind test.

I'm worried because for my company they made me do this test 7 years ago and the doc said i failed but since then I've been to an opticians and done the test loads online and am not colourblind !

what can i do ? I'm worried they will see my records and fail me on this :(

ed x

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A female reader, chigirl Norway +, writes (26 November 2011):

chigirl agony auntThen make yourself involved and don't take a no for an answer. You know you aren't colour blind. You have done several tests that proves it. You can refer them to your optician. You could have complained about the test taken 7 years ago once you had evidence of it being wrong.

Could it have been something else other than colour blind that made you fail that test 7 years ago?

This time, if they tell you you failed the test, argue against it. Stand your ground and argue your case.

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A female reader, bluecow United Kingdom +, writes (26 November 2011):

bluecow agony auntthe worst that can happen is that they fail you again.... if you dont try you will never know.

As the prev poster says women are very very rarely colourblind.

However.... 0.1 - 4% (depending on where you look) of women are colourblind.

Only red-green colourblindness is (sex) x-chromasome linked. Which means you would have needed a colourblind father, and a mother who also carried the faulty gene.

Blue colourblindness is not sex linked and so can be inherited by men and woman equally.

Now after we have talked about inherited colourblindness there are ways you can aquire it.

Chemicals, medications, head injuries, ageing, dietary deficiency (vit A) and alcohol can make you colourblind. Some of these are reversible.

Could any of these apply to you? If so its very possible you would pass the test now, and would explain why all your subsequent tests have been negative.

Info from: http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/health-information/directory/c/colour-blindness and from my advanced biology book :D

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (26 November 2011):

cool answer think b thanx hun and to the other replier xxxxxxx

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (26 November 2011):

i dont understand then why they failed me 7 years ago as i said ive already been to an optician-they cleared me and ive dont the test online quite a few times but its the fact the job is still with the same company. im worried this previous info will jepordise my chances :(

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A female reader, So_Very_Confused United States +, writes (26 November 2011):

So_Very_Confused agony auntWomen are almost never colorblind, they carry the gene and pass it on to their sons....

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A female reader, thinkb4 Papua New Guinea +, writes (26 November 2011):

If you need to do the test again, wont they be going off that result and not the one that`s 7 years ago?

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