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Advice needed re. white pupil in photograph

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Pennies · 27/11/2007 19:47

I was recently sent some pics of my DD taken last summer and amongst them I came across a photo taken of DD1 last August in which her right pupil appears to be white. I understnad that this can be a sign of retinablastoma.

The thing is that since then there have been no similar photos taken and also now that it is almost 1.4 years since the photo was taken I presume that there's nothing wrong and it's a photographic anomaly. Also I presume we'd have seen it in other photos or she would have presented other symptoms by now?

I have "tested" her eyesight in that eye getting her to cover the normal eye and asking her to identify pretty small images all with 100% success.

Shoud I get it checked out.

She was 23 months at the time of the pic and almost 3.3 now.

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IntergalacticWalrus · 27/11/2007 19:49

It sounds like she's fine tbh, but If it were me., I'd want to make sure, and I'd go to the docs to allay my fears.

Pennies · 28/11/2007 08:24

Would an optician be able to tell?

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belgo · 28/11/2007 08:27

I'd have thought that an optician would be able to check her eyes. Take the photo with you when you go.

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