Aniridia

Aniridia is a rare eye defect, present at birth, which affects approximately 1 in 65,000 live births.

The condition is hereditary and usually bilateral. A child born with aniridia does not have an iris. In a fetus, the eye will generally stop developing and when the baby is born the eye appears to be underdeveloped.

People that suffer from this congenital eye defect will likely experience wobbly eyes, cataracts, damage to the optic nerve, cloudy and small cornea, underdeveloped retinas and optic nerves, loss of vision and may appear squinted or cross-eyed.