Joined: 07 Jan 2007 Posts: 3 Location: united states
Has Anyone Heard of This Before Posted: 01-07-07 12:22pm
I recently went for a eye exam ..Only the
second one in my adult life...After
dialating my eyes and while looking at
them the doc says that I had
characteristic in my right eye that he
usually only sees in african americans
eyes..Something to do with a brown spot in
my eye...Does anybody know what this guy
was talking about? Have been doing
geneology for a while on my family lines
and I couldnt help but wonder if this
meant anything..So if anyone knows
anything about this kinda thing I would
love to hear about it..Thanks lots
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Makoto
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Jul 2006 Posts: 263 Location: Japan
Posted: 01-14-07 07:07am
Sorry I do not know. Maybe you should
check a forum based on eyes or visual
problems. Maybe there are eye doctor
forums on the net you might be able to
post a question.
Also, if you still do not get any results,
try yahoo questions.
However, you are lucky. You medical
inquiry is not very serious. There are
those here that have serious medical
issues and no one posts to their threads
at all.
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mommywannabe78
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 09 Nov 2006 Posts: 161
Posted: 01-16-07 14:12pm
Sorry nobody's really responded to your
question. I'm not really sure what he
meant by that, but as far as I know, brown
spots in the eyes are normal. I have blue
eyes, but I also have some brown freckles
in them. My mom has them. A good friend
of mine has them. And another friend of
mine has an eye that is half blue/half
brown. I'm not sure what it could mean
genetically. But if you think about it in
an evolutionary way, we all originated
from africa, so it would make sense that
some traits could be crossed over "racial
borders," so to speak. I don't think that
he's saying that you're great grandmother
was african-american, though she might
have been and there's certainly nothing
wrong with that. I think it was just an
observation. I wouldn't get too freaked
out about it.
By the way, try to have your eyes checked
more often. Some eye problems tend to
escalate with age, such as
far-sightedness. Plus, as you get older,
your risks increase for cataracts,
glaucoma, and, depending on your medical
history, macular degeneration. Getting
routine eye exams could really make some
things easier in the future!
