Is it true that if you have cancer behind your eye, your eye goes white in a photograph?I heard about it, and i saw my mates picture and his left eye in the photograph had a sort of bold white reflection, and when i asked him he said he HAD cancer in his left eye....has this been proved?
Answer by Panda
In children there is a type of cancer called Retinoblastoma and one way to discover it is when a photograph is taken and the flash results in one eye normal and the other with a white pupil. This isn't foolproof though and it is common to have a little white from the flash. If you have a very young child and this occurs more than a few times it is wise to mention to the pediatrician for further investigation.
Simple explanation can be found on this site:
Daisy's Eye Cancer
http://www.daisyseyecancerfund.org/rb/eye/photography.html
Eye Care America
http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecare/conditions/retinoblastoma/index.cfm
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/EyeHealthNews/diagnosing-deadly-eye-cancer-picture/story?id=5670923
So, yes it is true . . but in general this is a disease of babies and young children.
BBC Lifeline Appeal for the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust - BBC One
More on this programme: www.bbc.co.uk Coronation Street's William Roache MBE appeals on behalf of the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, a charity that funds research into Retinoblastoma and offers support to families and children affected by the condition. Please donate by going to the website www.chect.org.uk. Or if you'd like to post a donation please make your cheque payable to CHECT and send it to the Childhood Eye Cancer Trust, Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Road, London E1 1BB.
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Thanks for sharing this informative video. Few children are born with a faulty retinoblastoma gene that they inherited from one of their parents. Eye cancer in children is hard to treat.
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