Ocular Albinism is the second most common form of albinism. Ocular albinism affects the amount of pigment in the eyes but does not significantly affect the skin or hair. Ocular albinism reduces the pigment of the iris (the colored part of the eye) and the retina (the light sensitive tissues) at the back of the eye. Ocular albinism causes severely impaired sharpness of vision and problems with combining vision from both eyes to perceive depth. Other eye problems associated with ocular albinism are rapid, involuntary eye movements; eyes that do not look in the same direction; and increase sensitivity to light.
This is a link to a picture showing the eye of a person with albinism:
http://albinism.med.umn.edu/factfig1.gif
This is a link to a picture showing the routing of nerves from the eye to the brain for a normal pigmented person and a person with albinism:
http://albinism.med.umn.edu/factfig3.gif
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