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Medical Forum / General / Vision / December 2004Red Eye
How do you call the tendency of some people to exhibit "red eye" when photographed with an ordinary flash. In other words retro-reflection on the retina. I think it's erythro... something. erythro meaning red in greek? Thank you. > How do you call the tendency of some people to exhibit "red eye" when > photographed with an ordinary flash. > In other words retro-reflection on the retina. > I think it's erythro... something. > erythro meaning red in greek? "Red reflex" or more specifically "red retinal reflex" are the only terms I recall from optometry school. -MT > > How do you call the tendency of some people to exhibit "red eye" when > > photographed with an ordinary flash. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > "Red reflex" or more specifically "red retinal reflex" are the only terms I > recall from optometry school. Thanks a lot Mike but there is another word, really "geek" sounding, meaning exactly the same thing but with greek roots. Best wishes for 2005 > > How do you call the tendency of some people to exhibit "red eye" when > > photographed with an ordinary flash. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > "Red reflex" or more specifically "red retinal reflex" are the only terms I > recall from optometry school. It's seeing the retina through the pupil, right? For some reason, my daughter's children exhibit red-eye that seems to cover the entire iris rather than just the pupil, while my son's kids eyes just have the red spot in the pupil. It's a really creepy "children of the corn" look. They think it's cool so I don't bother to fix it, but it's curious. Sorry about the 'welcome' message, I was computerless for a while.  SignatureCheers, Bev ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ All bleeding eventually stops. > It's seeing the retina through the pupil, right? For some reason, my > daughter's children exhibit red-eye that seems to cover the entire iris > rather than just the pupil, while my son's kids eyes just have the red > spot in the pupil. It's a really creepy "children of the corn" look. > They think it's cool so I don't bother to fix it, but it's curious. Wow.. sounds like iris transillumination, a feature of ocular albinism. -MT > > It's seeing the retina through the pupil, right? For some reason, my > > daughter's children exhibit red-eye that seems to cover the entire iris [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Wow.. sounds like iris transillumination, a feature of ocular albinism. Like red bunny eyes? Both kids are blondes... SignatureCheers, Bev """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""" "They redundantly repeated themselves over and over again incessantly without end ad infinitum" -- ibid.
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