“Know About The Glow” Campaign Sheds Light on Children’s Eye Disease
November 15th 2010 Posted at FVI News
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When you take a picture of a child and the photograph reveals a yellow glow in their eye, it might be something much more dangerous than just a camera reflection. Megan Webber discovered this when she noticed that numerous pictures of her son showed a glow in his left eye. Luckily for her and her son, Benjamin, she took him to the hospital almost immediately and his vision was saved.
The reoccurring glow in Benjamin’s eye was a sign of Coats’ disease. Coats’ disease is a lack of capillary growth in the retina, which leads to underdeveloped vision and even blindness in children. The “glow” in photographs is caused by a cholesterol deposits in the eye that reflect back the camera flash instead the blood vessels reflecting back a reddish glow.
After Megan discovered that her son had Coats’ disease, she and the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles joined forces to start the “Know About The Glow” campaign, which aims to inform parents of this potentially blinding and often unnoticed eye disease. You can find out more about “Know About The Glow” here, and you can red more about Coats’ disease here.
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