Your iris gets its colour from the pigment 'melanin', the same substance that gives colour to your skin.
In your skin you can get collections of melanin containing cells. This is what we call a 'naevus' or mole.
Similarly if excessive melanin cells pile up at one point on the iris you can get an iris-naevus or mole.
Most moles do not merit much attention or treatment. Its only when they CHANGE that they need to be checked out. Remember ABCD:
A - asymmetry: half of the mole is different from the other half.
B - border Irregularity: uneven edges
C - colour: uneven
D - diameter: large size or increasing size.
Of course this mole being inside your eye, its not easy to monitor all this.
So here's your bottom-line:
- see your optometrist/optician
- they will look at your mole under microscope and record (or take a photo of the baseline appearance)
- they will follow it up over months or years
If your mole shows any of the ABCD you will be referred to an ophthalmologist for their opinion, otherwise you have absolutely no need to worry!
What does it mean when a new dark 'spot' appears on the iris of your eye?
Wasting time asking here isn't going to accomplish anything. Your eyes are way too precious for you to fool around wondering. Get yourself to an optician and have him thoroughly examine your eyes. He will be able to tell you if you need to go to the next step and see an opthalmologist for further investigation and treatment.
Reply:It means it's time to visit your GP.
Reply:check with website for iridology.
Reply:If you tuen your eyeballs up or down or left or right, can you see the dark shadow of the spot you talk about?.
If so it is nothing to worry about. I have them and when I spoke to the optician he said it is the little "Spoke shaped" objects around the centre of your eye which break away and float about.
Annoying sometimes but not a threat
Reply:Exclude melanoma
Reply:You should go and visit the opticians
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment