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Different color eyes

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Heterochromia iridis is a clinical finding in which the iris of each eye is a different color. This may be inherited or may be the sign of another disease.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

16 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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Eye

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Constipation
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Glaucoma
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Sturge weber syndrome
Condition
Horner syndrome
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Different color eyes genetic?

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A 21-year old female asked about a 24-year old male:

What does it mean when you have a dark rim around iris eyes are different color pressure from eyes up to top of head blurred vision and a sore nose?

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A 31-year old asked:

Why are my eyes different color than my parents' eyes? It's not dominant nor recessive?

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A 48-year old asked:

What cause 2 different colored eyes?

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A 40-year old asked:

Are eyes different colors under a blacklight?

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A 34-year old asked:

Why are some people born with eyes that are 2 different colors?

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A 37-year old asked:

If your eyes are different colors from the other, are you ok inside the eyeballs?

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A 28-year old male asked:

My husband and my eyes different my baby boy eyes why his eyes match with my husband sisters and grandfather.ans please im very upset.

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A 23-year old male asked:

I am wearing power glasses since 8 yrs and now when i remove it my eyes look different it is sunked shaped what am i supposed to take to remove this.

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A 16-year old male asked:

My eyes are getting further apart, specifically my pupils. It looks like I'm looking at different sides at the same time but it has no effect on my vision. 2 weeks ago my pupillooked normal but now they are further apart and its looks weird. Any fix?

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A 32-year old asked:

How are sober and opiate eyes different?

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A 26-year old asked:

What are the odds of two different colored eyes?

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A 36-year old asked:

How does a person have two different colored eyes?

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A 40-year old asked:

Why is it that my eyes look in different directions?

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A 33-year old asked:

Could people with different colored eyes see differently?

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A 48-year old asked:

What do you think could cause eyes to be two different colors?

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A 38-year old asked:

Could use expert help with why are my eyes two different colors?

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A 49-year old asked:

Please advise if it's dangerous having two different colored eyes?

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A 16-year old asked:

Whats the name of that desease when your eyes are different colors?

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A 35-year old female asked:

What would be causing my eyes to swell up all at once? One or both have done this several times before. Used nothing different.

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A female asked about a female:

Can your eyes get a different form/look appearance when you rub and other the stuff that can hurt it? How will you know/ what are the clues?

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A 29-year old asked:

Do myopic eyes appear different than normal ones?

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A 19-year old female asked:

Does two different colored eyes mean you have schizophrenia?

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A 34-year old asked:

What is it like when two eyes have different refractive error?

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A 17-year old female asked:

Can you get help and treatment if your eyes are different sizes?

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A 36-year old asked:

Are your eyes usually both the same prescription or different from one another?

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A 30-year old asked:

Do I have heterochromia (different colored eyes). How different do the colors have to be?

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A 26-year old female asked:

I am a 26 year old female, both my eyes are hurting, especially when moving to look in different directions?

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A female asked about a female:

My friend is a professional swimmer, her goggles always annoy her eyes.What could happen? Will the eyes be in a different appearance? In a few years?

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A 22-year old male asked:

From mirror to mirror, my image changes significantly. Light is a great headache. It feels like my eyes cant adjust to different levels of light, why?

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