It may seem incredible, yet there are diseases that mainly affect people with certain physical characteristics. Light or dark skin, eye color, hair tone and many other somatic characteristics are often linked to certain diseases.
In general, the causes for which a pathology arises can be many and different. Lifestyle, vices, and external factors can be some of the causes of a problem, even a serious one such as a tumor.
Often, however, the origin of a tumor is linked to heredity and to our genes which, by mutating, can blow up the control mechanisms. There is, in particular, a type of melanoma found mainly in people with light eyes. And, not surprisingly, it concerns the eyes.
Very few people know that this type of cancer would affect people with light eyes more
The eyes allow us to see and observe the world around us. They have a very complex structure, which we can imagine as consisting of 3 main regions. And it is precisely from the cells that make up these regions that eye cancer can form.
The studies available to date allow us to say that people tend to be most at risk have quite specific somatic characteristics. As reported by the AIRC website, the risk factors identified to date are ethnicity, some hereditary conditions and eye color. We explain ourselves better.
Fair skin and clear eyes
The observations made to date tell us that this type of tumor is more frequent in people who have fair complexions, but not only. Generally speaking, light-eyed individuals would be most at risk. This figure may not surprise us, given that people with light skin and eyes are generally considered to be more “delicate”. Despite this, however, very few know that this type of tumor would affect people with light eyes more.
Symptoms of the disease and how we can prevent it
The symptomatology of eye melanoma is still partially unknown and, therefore, it is not possible to list a specific list of symptoms. It may also be for this reason that few notice these 3 unsuspected symptoms that could be the antechamber of an eye tumor.
In general, however, trying to prevent this type of cancer is possible by always protecting your eyes with UVA and UVB shields.