discolored eyes in blind people

[batista_123]

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Hi

Why is it that some people who are blind in one or both eyes have discolored eyes? The colored part of their eye is gray? Kind of like the scary halloween contacts that some people wear, except it's real? Does this condition have a name? Could it be due to an injury from an accident?

 

[PBEA]

Hi

Why is it that some people who are blind in one or both eyes have discolored eyes? The colored part of their eye is gray? Kind of like the scary halloween contacts that some people wear, except it's real? Does this condition have a name? Could it be due to an injury from an accident?

iris atrophy

 

[batista_123]

iris atrophy

no, it's not this. I googled it, and that's not how their eye looks. besides, it is said that this condition is very rare, but the condition i am talking about is very common.

 

[PBEA]

no, it's not this. I googled it, and that's not how their eye looks. besides, it is said that this condition is very rare, but the condition i am talking about is very common.

iris atrophy does not have one kind of appearance, it varies from little or no color change to marked color change. "googling" it might not show the notable heterochromia that you witnessed but it does occur and it IS why. Color change is but one feature of iris atrophy, and iris atrophy comes about for many different reasons.

 

[batista_123]

iris atrophy does not have one kind of appearance, it varies from little or no color change to marked color change. "googling" it might not show the notable heterochromia that you witnessed but it does occur and it IS why. Color change is but one feature of iris atrophy, and iris atrophy comes about for many different reasons.

but it says this condition is very rare. The condition I am talking about is very common. do you know what I am talking about? A lot of blind people have it. The white part of their eye is normal, but the black part has turned gray. Sorry, I dont mean to question your knowledge, it just seems that iris atrophy is extremely rare.

 

[PBEA]

but it says this condition is very rare. The condition I am talking about is very common. do you know what I am talking about? A lot of blind people have it. The white part of their eye is normal, but the black part has turned gray. Sorry, I dont mean to question your knowledge, it just seems that iris atrophy is extremely rare.

essential iris atrophy is rare

iris atrophy is not rare

try googling acquired heterochromia which can be a side effect of iris atrophy

although what you are now describing sounds like leukocoria, if by "black part" you are referring to the pupil

 

[310]

Hi

Why is it that some people who are blind in one or both eyes have discolored eyes? The colored part of their eye is gray? Kind of like the scary halloween contacts that some people wear, except it's real? Does this condition have a name? Could it be due to an injury from an accident?

Opacified cornea. I guarantee it.

 

[DrVinzKlortho]

Agree with iris atrophy. If not that then it could be phthisical eye.

 

[PBEA]

. If not that then it could be phthisical eye.

which would almost certainly have iris atrophy as a component..........

 

[DrVinzKlortho]

Of course. I'm talking about the appearance. If you're looking at a phthisical eye you aren't necessarily going to visualize the iris atrophy. I wasn't suggesting that a phthisical eye doesn't have iris atrophy. You don't need to see a bear **** in the woods to know that a bear ****s in the woods.

 

[PBEA]

Of course. I'm talking about the appearance. If you're looking at a phthisical eye you aren't necessarily going to visualize the iris atrophy. I wasn't suggesting that a phthisical eye doesn't have iris atrophy. You don't need to see a bear **** in the woods to know that a bear ****s in the woods.

I will need visual evidence of a bear shiiting in the woods in order to verify the statement "a bear shiits in the woods"

😀

 

[310]

I will need visual evidence of a bear shiiting in the woods in order to verify the statement "a bear shiits in the woods"

😀

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsSaiqBhHIc

 

[Jibslider]

opacified cornea. I guarantee it.

+1

 

[JMK2005]

but it says this condition is very rare. The condition I am talking about is very common. do you know what I am talking about? A lot of blind people have it. The white part of their eye is normal, but the black part has turned gray. Sorry, I dont mean to question your knowledge, it just seems that iris atrophy is extremely rare.

Google/internet has a lot of information, but not all the answers.

Sounds like my patients when they argue with my diagnosis sometimes.

 

[Dusn]

+1

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Agree with DrVinz. Usually what people actually see is the opacified or hazy cornea; this is due to decreased blood flow and ciliary body shut down --> decreased aqueous production --> decreased nutrients going to the ocular structures --> corneal edema and haze, corneal neovascularization, cataract, atrophy/disorganization/ossification of the ocular structures (including the iris) --> shrinkage of the eyeball and phthisis bulbi.