Losing pigment in eyes?

Question

My wife went to the eye doctor to get new glasses (because she couldn't renew her driver's license with her glasses she had been using), and the doctor said that she was "losing pigment" in both of her eyes. He said not to worry, but he wants her to make an appointment every 6 months, instead of just once a year.

What does it (her losing pigment in her eyes) mean? Is it really nothing to worry about?

(My wife doesn't seem worried, she hates going to doctor's but she trusts them when she goes to them; she doesn't ask questions-- she feels that if she needed to know something the doctor would tell her.)

Answer 1

Doctors don't realize everything about a patient just by looking, so you should be giving as much information as you can to the doctor to better his judgement. There are some things you may know that the doctor may think is normal (because it is gradually getting worse unnoticed) like a heart attack. Doctors don't need to feel to tell you, THEY must tell you, that is your right.

Answer 2

i dont think its a horrible thing. if you know anything about genetics, then you should know that blue eyed people pretty much have no pigment in their eyes, so i think your wife is fine. [will be fine]

Answer 3

it could be vitiligo. thas\ts a diseise google it

Answer 4

My dog has lost some pigmenting in eyes... He has little white spots where color should be. She should be fine. It just means she is losing some of the color around her eyes. Just go to the eye doctor as recommended so hw can check up on it.

if there was anything to worry about he would have ordered additional testing and appointments. Look it up on webmd.com.

Answer 5

doesn't the pigment mean color?

idk its just a guess.....

should be nothing to worry about...

Answer 6

i dont want to scare you but she could be going blind. her corneas could be fogging up thats why some blind people have light blue/white eyes and pupils

Answer 7

Yes, pigment is what gives your eyes color like Insanity said.  It has nothing to do with the cornea becoming cloudy or going blind.  In fact, it shouldn't affect her vision at all.  The reason that the doctor wants to see her often is probably because as the pigment comes off the iris, it flows through the ocular fluid.  This fluid follows a certain course through the eye and leaves through something called the trabecular meshwork, kind of like a filter or strainer.  The pigment can block this meshwork, causing the pressure in the eye to increase, which can damage the eye.  The pigment would have to build up before this happened, though, so don't worry about this happening over night or something.  As long as the doctor is checking up on her, I'm sure she will be fine, so make sure she goes in for those checkups.  For more information, look up "Pigment Dispersion Syndrome."

Answer 8

Pigment is what gives your eyes color...meaning, if you have brown eyes, then you have pigment *if your eyes are blue, you lack pigment in your eyes*. It just means that color is disappearing from her eyes...have you noticed a slight color change? Keep an eye on it and her and see if anything else goes wrong. Best of luck to both of you.

Answer 9

You should worry

Answer 10

hhh