Can light coloured eyes be the cause for some health problems?

February 72010


I am just wondering because I have extremely light blue eyes and have had many stys, really watery eyes, very sensitive to light and all of that fun stuff. All of that’s pretty minor but I heard that light eyes is linked to both blindness and deafness which is kind of scary. Is there any relation between all of it?

No relation between colour of the eyes and eye problems.It is colour of the iris responsible for the appearance of the eye.Colour of the iris depends upon the production of the melenin pigments. This pigments are also responsible for the colour of the skin and hair.People with refractive error, constipation, anaemia, dendruff, diabetis are more prone to develop multiple styes. Eyes with light coloured iris are more sensitive to light.


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  1. Ashwin P Says:

    No relation between colour of the eyes and eye problems.It is colour of the iris responsible for the appearance of the eye.Colour of the iris depends upon the production of the melenin pigments. This pigments are also responsible for the colour of the skin and hair.People with refractive error, constipation, anaemia, dendruff, diabetis are more prone to develop multiple styes. Eyes with light coloured iris are more sensitive to light.
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  2. HaK attack~pandas shall rule. Says:

    meh, i don’t think so for in humans. in animals light eyes can mean they’re blind, so i was careful to keep an eye on my little kitten when i got him a few years ago. lol, he has gorgeous blue eyes. i have dark brown eyes and have lots of problems with them, so i doubt it’s the color.
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  3. sweety Says:

    light colored eyes are due to less melanin pigment in iris (part of eye which controls amount of light entering the eye ). i am not aware of the later stuff.
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  4. ⌈Sεrgiσ⌋ Says:

    I don’t think so
    ..mine are pale green and I had my eyes checked many times and confirmed nothing was wrong
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