A three-month-old
baby was left blind in one eye after a family friend took a close-up photograph
but forgot to turn off the camera’s flash.
Baby boy suffered
irreparable damage from the camera’s flash, which was held about 10 inches away
from his face, doctors said.
The baby’s parents
noticed that there was something wrong with his vision soon after the picture
was taken, The People’s Daily reports. (Scroll down for the video.)
01: A three-month-old
baby boy (pictured) has been left blind after a family friend forgot to turn
off the flash on a camera while taking a close-up photo.
After the incident,
the baby suffered from blindness in his right eye and reduced vision in his
left eye, according to the doctors who examined him.
The damage was
diagnosed as permanent and doctors say that it cannot be fixed with surgery.
The strong flash
damaged cells in the boy’s macula — the part of the eye in which incoming light
rays are focused. Such damages can lead to the loss of central vision, which
enables people to see directly ahead.
In humans, the macula
is not fully developed until the age of four, which makes youngsters very
sensitive to strong light.
02: The strong flash
has damaged cells in the boy’s macula — the part of the eye where incoming
light rays are focused. Pictured, an ophtalmogram of the retina. It shows the
optic disc as a bright area on the right (nasal side) where blood vessels
converge. The spot to the left (temporal side) of the center is the macula
While babies will
reflexively shut their eyes when exposed to bright light, just milliseconds of
exposure to strong light can be sufficient to cause permanent damage.
Experts are advising
parents to be careful of strong lights in the bathroom when their babies are
taking a bath.
It is unknown at
present whether the family friend who took the photograph which caused the
damage to the baby’s eyes will be facing any legal action.
03: How the eye works: the macula.
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