Author: Grace Alexander / Source: did you know?
Wherever Mehlani goes, people can’t help but comment on her big, beautiful eyes. Her mom, Karina Martinez, finds herself constantly having to stop what she is doing to hear strangers tell her how beautiful her daughter is. For most parents, this would be welcome attention.
However, when it comes to Mehlani, those big, beautiful eyes are the product of Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome. It is a very rare condition, according to the NIH, that has made her eyes develop differently from most people’s. It’s so rare, Karina had never even heard of it until she was told Mehlani had it.
Her condition makes the iris of her eye appear misshapen. And with her condition comes a high probability of glaucoma, pressure inside the eye that can…
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