12 Strange Things That Can Happen To Your Eyes

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Eye cancer - eye tumours exist in many forms. Tumours can develop anywhere on the eye and the most common kind are called limbal dermoids. Most of these tumours are benign, but they can have some unusual characteristics such as hair growth.

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Star in the eye - Another name for cataracts. When people have cataracts in their eye, they look like they have a âÂ€Â˜star in the eye.' They are common enough, especially as people get older, but some people develop them from unusual situations. An electrician in Florida came into contact with 14 thousand volts of electricity and it travelled through his body and his optic nerve, which caused him to develop cataracts that looked strikingly like stars. He got surgery to remove them, but his vision was still damaged.

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Tooth in the eye- People can have a tooth in their eye, for very different reasons. These are two cases of people having teeth in their eye, one from a tumour and another placed in a patients eye by a doctor. A girl in India, Nagabhushanam Siva, was born with a tumour in her eye that had been growing for years. When they took out the tumour, it had two teeth in it. Because of the kind of tumour that it was, it could develop into any kind of tissue so it grew teeth. Likewise, Martin Jones had been blind for a decade after a work accident, and was able to see again after doctors tried a groundbreaking new procedure. The procedure consisted of taking out one of his front teeth and placing it into his eye to act as a lens holder.

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Albino red eyes - Albinism is caused by lack of melanin and pigment. They have white hair, pale skin, and pink / red seeming eyes. Melanin gives eyes our color and, in the case of albinism, the lack of it causes eyes to go transparent. Therefore, eyes appear red as the blood vessels behind them can be seen through the lens. Albinos are very sensitive to light, so if you have any Albino friends they are probably wearing sunglasses a lot of the time.

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Color blindness - People who are color blind are not able to differentiate between certain colors, such as blue and yellow or red and green. It can make reading a traffic light difficult, but is an otherwise harmless condition. It's a genetic condition that affects more males than females.

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Two different colored eyes - There are a couple of versions of this syndrome. Heterochromia iridum, is benign and genetic in nature and is caused by a lack or excess of melanin in the eye. This syndrome can be caused by a disease or a traumatic event. The eyes are still usually similarly colored and it may not even be evident right away. Most people have sectoral heterochromia where only one part of an eye is a different color. Complete heterochromia is when one iris is a totally different color than the other. This is the most rare version.

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Pupula duplex is exactly what it sounds like, a âÂ€Â˜double pupil.' There are two pupils located in two irises of each eye. This is more of a myth than anything. There are historical records of people having this condition, but there is no recent medical information proving that the condition does exist. Although a 'double pupil' might entice the idea of better vision, it would most likely do the opposite.

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Polycoria - Two pupils in one eye. Unlike pupula duplex, both pupils are in one iris. They are both capable of acting independently. It is very rare, and much more common is pseudopolycoria which just looks like there are two pupils in one iris but is in fact caused by a hole in the iris. This can be caused by trauma and diseases.

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Exophthalmos - Abnormal protrusion of the eye balls. This is mild compared to eye proptosis when an eyeball actually pops out of its socket. Some people can voluntarily pop their eyes out, like Kim Goodman who is the world record holder for farthest eyeball protrusion. She is able to pop her eyes out of their sockets by 12 millimeters.

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Crying blood - It is a medical condition called haemolacria. There was a case of a young girl in India who was crying tears of blood and local doctors were not able to explain what was going on. There have been other recorded cases across the world, but medical experts are not able to pinpoint causes. There is a consensus among medical professionals that it's usually due to another underlying issue that causes the eyes to cry âÂ€Â˜tears of blood.'

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This one is a scary one. Ocular Herpes, as in cold sores on your eyelids. It is caused by the same virus that causes cold sores on your lips, which is different from the herpes that are determined as STD's and occur down under. They can be very dangerous because they can also occur inside of the eye which causes temporary vision loss.

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Eye paralysis - The word paralysis gives away what this condition is about. Your eye loses all of its sensory and motor functions. Like haemolacria, it is usually caused by other underlying conditions such as diabetes or a tumor in the pituitary gland. The treatment for eye paralysis is on a case by case basis, depending on the whatever it is that is causing it. A diabetic with eye paralysis will have different treatment than someone with a cardiovascular problem.

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