EDS ... Blue Sclera and Blue pupils. Just how BLUE is the sclera?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

This is for an off line person. He is wondering if his sclera is blue. That

that is hard to see considering the blue pupils and blue line around the pupil.

Any ideas? Is the white of the eye REALLY blue or are we talking blue veins

showing in the eye?

And what of brown, black, green, hazel, gray and other color eyes. Do they

have the blue sclera? Thank you for any input. A site with pictures of the

sclera would be nice too. Caro.

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 8/8/2003 6:33:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

cindyh@... writes:

> I'll see if I can find it for you.

>

Thank you.

[Guest guest]

Caro,

Blue sclera seems to show up in the EDSers in my family, no matter the eye

color.

I know I've heard the reason, but have forgotten.

{We haven't been put into any type- as we have some signs from most of them and

also have nerve entrapments that are a part of the EDS we have.}

There is an article out there that mentions it though.

I'll see if I can find it for you.

H

Wisc.

From: CDillardda@...

This is for an off line person. He is wondering if his sclera is blue. That that

is hard to see considering the blue pupils and blue line around the pupil.

Any ideas? Is the white of the eye REALLY blue or are we talking blue veins

showing in the eye?

And what of brown, black, green, hazel, gray and other color eyes. Do they have

the blue sclera? Thank you for any input. A site with pictures of the sclera

would be nice too. Caro.

[Guest guest]

Caro,

I found this in the article Ehlers-Danlos and Collagen of the Eye.

If you'd like the article I can send off line to you.

BLUE SCLERA

The sclera is the white of the eye or the thick outer coat of the eyeball.

=20A bluish appearance is attributed to a thinning of the sclera. The

thinning is most noticeable at the limbus (where the cornea meets the white

of the eye) thus creating the a blue " halo " at the limbus. The blue halo

becomes less prominent with aging and the normal decrease in scleral

transparency. Blue sclera is considered to be a prominent feature of

osteogenesis imperfecta and EDS.3, 4, 6