From life-size photographs the pupil diameters were measured accurately, and clinical information compiled by the neurology staff was studied. I know, as I did with my quarantine appearance, that close-ups and harsh lighting accentuate the larger pupil, especially as it can't adapt to light and shade. PMID: 6627114 Abstract Pupil sizes were assessed in 100 patients admitted to an intensive care stroke unit over a 1-year period to determine if differences existed and if anisocoria might help in diagnosis. That has lessened over time, but I am still acutely aware of how different my eyes look. My eyes can't take a trickįor years afterwards, I was incredibly self-conscious about my "bung eye" and would even avoid making eye contact with people out of fear of it being too distracting.
ONE PUPIL DILATED SUDDENLY PATCH
I spent some weeks in the hospital recovering, and many months afterwards sporting a patch over the damaged eye, fostering my lifelong love of pirate gags. Patrick drove me to the nearest hospital, and I was quickly sent on to the old Sydney Eye Hospital in Woolloomooloo for emergency surgery.Ī team, led by ophthalmologist Frank Martin, managed to save the eye, but the pupil was to stay dilated forever. It later turned out someone was firing slingshot pellets at cars that night, and I just happened to cop a bullseye. Then came the excruciating pain, and the eye started filling with blood. The car windows were down, and we were chatting away when I suddenly felt a blow to my right eye.Īt first it didn't hurt. Otherwise the consequences could have been much worse. Heather: Not sure whether it's me, but is Michael's pupil dilated? Thought he might like to get it checked.Īnd my favourite, from a very well-meaning Keri: Nathan: What's going on with Michael's pupil? Nurses Sue and Beth: Just watching you on ABC News Breakfast and noticed that you have a dilated right pupil. I never noticed your unequal pupils before. Sue: I'm not a doctor, but it's a sign something is wrong. I'll get to the reason why it looks that way in just a moment, but first to some of the avalanche of concern that flowed from an otherwise innocuous appearance on the show this week from hotel quarantine in Sydney. Or, more to the point, its permanently dilated pupil. I have discovered a certain blue suit I wear polarises the audience, as does my attempted humour (sorry, I'm sticking with both).īut there has been one constant theme of viewer attention over my 10 years on News Breakfast, and it is all to do with my right eye.
ONE PUPIL DILATED SUDDENLY TV
As a TV presenter I am used to getting all sorts of viewer feedback.Ī lot of it amounts to free character references, particularly after political interviews.
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