So i took my 2 year old little boy to the gp this morning after I noticed in certain photos I took on my phone of him that one of his pupils was reflecting white and the other red. No other symptoms I have noticed and his vision seems fine as far as I can tell but I googled and panicked about possible retinoblastoma/ eye cancer as this can be a sign. Anyway I'm now even more worried as when the gp looked in his eye she said " oh yes I'm concerned I can see white". My son was struggling and crying/ trying to push her away when she was trying to look so I was under the impression she didnt get a proper red reflex test done because of this. Anyway she told me that but then said " it's hard to look properly when he is struggling and moving his head like that so Its hard to tell. It could be nothing". So I'm now left in limbo and in a complete panic with her saying this to me and telling me she will refer him to the opthomology clinic.
. I wanted him looked at straight away obviously so I went to the urgent treatment centre at the local hospital and just broke down to the doctor when telling her. She phoned paediatrics and they told her this can be common with photographs and it can often mean nothing and to wait on the referral to opthomology but of course I'm still thinking about that doctor telling me she could see white in his eye. Anyone have any similar experiences/ reassuring stories??? My family are trying to tell me she probably is referring because she also looked at the photographs I took and saw his pupil was white and to be on the safe side and and not so much about her examination but I just wish she had referred him without saying to me about seeing white. Everything online says doctors seeing white on a red reflex test is a bad sign so I don't why she then said it's hard to tell it could be nothing.
. Oh and also I have took other pictures where two of his eyes are red. Sorry for the long post.