White glow in a child's pupil in photos

Overview

Retinoblastoma is a childhood eye cancer.

Early treatment saves vision and life.

When to get medical care

Causes

Causes include retinoblastoma, cataract, and other eye problems.

OwieClear has pages on 1 condition that can cause white glow in a child's pupil in photos. Each shows how soon to get care.

Common causes

• Eye cancer in a child (retinoblastoma) (needs checking)Often needs care today

  A rare eye cancer in young children.

What you can do at home

• Bring photos.

Medicines

Depends on cause.

At the doctor

A dilated eye exam.

Questions you may be asked

• Photos

The exam

An eye exam.

Tests

• Eye imaging

Prevention

Eye checks.

• Well-child exams

Check your symptoms

Most symptoms have more than one possible cause. The symptom checker looks at all of your symptoms together, plus your age, and shows how soon to get care.

Start the symptom checker

Related symptoms

• Baby spitting up after feeds
• Baby straining or not pooping
• Barking cough or noisy breathing in
• Bright red cheeks like a slap
• Bruises, burns, or marks on a child that don't match how they happened
• Child holds breath while crying and turns blue or pale
• Child limping or refusing to walk
• Child not talking or meeting milestones
• Child very upset being apart from a parent
• Child won't use or move an arm
• Crusty, scaly patches on a baby's scalp
• Drooling, chewing, and sore gums
• Fever lasting 5 days or more in a child
• Flat spot on a baby's head
• Forceful (projectile) vomiting in a baby