A person with albinism will need to be careful when out in the sun for long periods of time. The lack of pigment in the skin and eyes causes problems for a person with albinism when their in the sun. If a person with albinism is in the sun they must use a sun block with an UVA-UVB of at least 20 to prevent skin cancer. Also they have a much greater need for sunglasses to ease the pain in the eyes from too much sunlight.
A person with albinism will also need some type of reading aid (example glasses or magnifying glass) due to the problems caused by albinism in the eyes.
This is a website that gives information on Living with Albinism:
http://www.womenfitness.net/beauty/skin/albinism.htm
This is another website that gives information about Albinism:
http://www.albinism.org/index.html
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