This disease occurs in one in 200 thousand newborn babies.
Melanie Dilerson has a rare genetic disease-Aksenfeld-Rieiger syndrome, because of this, she has violated the structures of the front wall of the eye. This disease occurs in one in 200 thousand newborn children. Almost the entire front of the girl’s front is occupied by a pupil, giving her a little cartoon and alien look.
It should be noted that Melanie was lucky because many children with this disease have glaucoma, and sometimes deafness. Melanie’s disease proceeds easily, all her inconvenience consists of the constant wearing of sunglasses since her eyes are very sensitive to light.
As the girl Karina’s mother says, many around the baby’s unusual appearance scare many around. Some passers-by call Melanie an «alien» or compared her with the mysterious heroine of various legends. But for the mother, the daughter’s eyes are very beautiful.
The most interesting thing is that when the girl was born, there was nothing unusual in her eyes. But as her pupils grew older, she became more and more, and Melanie’s eyes began to hurt as soon as she appeared in bright light.
Turning to the doctor, she was diagnosed with Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome, and the likelihood of developing glaucoma was 50%. But at the moment, Melanie is in order with her vision. Perhaps, due to the fact that at the age of 5 months, she was undergoing an operation to correct the channels and remove excess fluid accumulated there.
Now, little Melanie is increasingly attracting attention because of his unusual pupils. Mom also hopes that when the girl grows up, she will have no problems communicating with her peers. Now Karina Martinez has found 40 people with a similar syndrome on Twitter and is trying to get advice from them on how to live with such an anomaly to avoid vision problems.
