Seven-year-old girl's eyes are different in black and blue...What kind of disease is it?
Dec 17, 2024
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According to Chinese media such as China Dotcom, a 7-year-old girl from Jiangxi Province was born with different pupil colors.
The left eye is usually black, but the right is close to blue.
In response, the medical staff diagnosed it as 'Odye, oddeye'.
This refers to a phenomenon in which the iris of the eye shows different colors and is caused by a difference in melanin pigmentation concentration (hyperpigmentation and underpigmentation) due to DNA abnormalities in iris cells.
Iris heterochromia is divided into innate and acquired.
Inborn iris dichroism is determined by its own genetic tissue, most of which have little effect on eye health and vision and do not require separate treatment.
However, acquired iris dichroism can cause vision loss and blindness if it is due to iris inflammation, trauma, and other reasons, so active treatment is required.
For example, in some patients, the color of the iris changes after the intraocular pressure rises due to inflammation, which means that it may appear pale or yellow, which requires a hospital examination.
The girl's parents said, `I was worried that my daughter would be bullied or bullied at school due to the different colors of her eyes.' `But she became a popular star among friends and teachers.'
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