{"id":102460,"date":"2025-02-24T10:14:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cutiething.com\/?p=24843"},"modified":"2025-02-24T10:14:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T03:14:27","slug":"if-your-eye-pupils-reflect-not-red-but-white-or-any-other-color-in-a-picture-you-need-to-visit-a-doctor-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/if-your-eye-pupils-reflect-not-red-but-white-or-any-other-color-in-a-picture-you-need-to-visit-a-doctor-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"If your eye pupils reflect not red, but white or any other color in a picture, you need to visit a doctor immediately"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>White, gray, silvery, or yellow instead of the usual red reflection on your eye pupils means leukocoria. The term comes from Greek and literally means &ldquo;white pupil&rdquo;\u2014it\u2019s also sometimes called \u201ccat\u2019s eye pupil.\u201d While it might seem harmless, it can be a sign of something serious going on in your eye.\n<figure id='\"attachment_24845\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-24845\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-24845 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/If-your-eye-pupils-reflect-not-red-2-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"800\"' height='\"604\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-24845\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>For illustrative purposes only\n<p>Normally, when light shines into your eyes\u2014like in a flash photo\u2014it creates a faint red reflex due to light bouncing off the retina. But if something blocks that reflection, it can cause leukocoria.\n<figure id='\"attachment_24844\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-24844\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-24844 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/If-your-eye-pupils-reflect-not-red-1.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"728\"' height='\"378\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-24844\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>\u201cWhite reflex\u201d \u00a9 kkpybmrv8m1 \/ Imgur\n<p>This symptom is most common in children and can be linked to serious eye conditions, but it can also happen in adults. The good news? In adults, the underlying causes are usually less dangerous. Either way, if you notice it, it\u2019s worth getting checked out!\n<figure id='\"attachment_24846\"' aria-describedby='\"caption-attachment-24846\"' style='\"width:' class='\"wp-caption' aligncenter><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-24846 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2025%5C/02%5C/download-5-2.png%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"400\"' height='\"267\"' title='\"\"'><figcaption id='\"caption-attachment-24846\"' class='\"wp-caption-text\"'>For illustrative purposes only\n<p>A white pupil in a photo might look alarming, but don\u2019t panic\u2014one photo alone isn\u2019t a cause for concern. Sometimes, light reflects off the eye\u2019s surface, mimicking leukocoria. True leukocoria fills most or all of the pupil and appears consistently in different photos, while a surface reflection is smaller and shifts position.\n</p><p>Source: brightside.me\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>White, gray, silvery, or yellow instead of the usual red reflection on your eye pupils means leukocoria. The term comes from Greek and literally means &ldquo;white pupil&rdquo;\u2014it\u2019s also sometimes called \u201ccat\u2019s eye pupil.\u201d While it might seem harmless, it can be a sign of something serious going on in your eye. 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