Cryptophthalmia: Born Without Eyes
A poor one year boy from Xiamen (厦门) China, has never shed a tear since his birth – even if he is in great pain or when he’s upset. Little Xu (å°æ—) was born without eyes and two small dimples with smooth skin are found at the eye regions instead. He has no eyebrows, eyelashes and a small pointed nose that resembles that of a small carrot head is located at the center of his little face.
Such illness known as cryptophthalmia or the congenital absence of the eyes are very rare, as only over a hundred cases have been discovered.
Professor Liu of Xiamen’s ophthalmology center had conducted a medical checkup on Xu and discovered that one of his eyes may not be well-developed and hence whether Xu will regain his sight after the “eye opening” surgery is still uncertain.
(Spulch)
By Sun Tzu on 17-06-2007
Comment by Heather
July 21st, 2007 at 9:18 pm
How horrible for that little kid… To never see the sky or sunlight and many beautiful things we are able to see but never appreciate…
Comment by Loptop
September 17th, 2007 at 9:18 pm
Wow. I never knew there could actually be such a disease…
I wonder what causes it?
Comment by luckylife333
May 25th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
Blind people dont get so see anything either Heather but they HAVE eyes…poor lil’ pudding :’(
Comment by coolman5000
August 15th, 2008 at 7:48 pm
HAHA THIS IS SO DAMN FUNNY!
Comment by cj
August 20th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
thats not funny your mean
Comment by Milicent
August 20th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I’m somewhat confused.
The article states that Xu was born without eyes, however they are performing an “eye-opening” surgery which has a chance of letting the child see?
So was the child born without eyes completely, or just with skin surrounding his eyes?
Comment by rummus7
November 7th, 2008 at 12:14 pm
To coolman500–and anyone else that think that this is funny.
HaHa, How could you even think about placing that comment up.
If it was you or your child i wonder if you would still be laughing.
I only hope and pray that God have mercy on you when it comes to protecting
his children. When something goes wrong in your life make sure you think back to the evil comments that you made to people who are different than yourself, and not to mention blessed anf highly favored. To the parent don’t be down but know that God chose you for this special task in caring for such a special child like you have.
Comment by hh
January 29th, 2009 at 9:08 pm
You sir are a retard who should die via bloodloss from having your manhood cut off
Comment by hh
January 29th, 2009 at 9:10 pm
im talking bout coolman500 btw
Comment by two-faced jaol
September 17th, 2009 at 10:58 am
ohhh..sad 2 hear thaT
Comment by Kiera
November 13th, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Going through life deformed, maybe teased and socially isolated, and probably blind for life. Yeah, that's real fucking funny, asshole.
Comment by Michaela Caroll
November 24th, 2009 at 1:18 am
Oh My Gosh! That should be ME without eyes! He should be able to see all the beautiful things in life! I've already seen so many beautiful things, he does NOT deserve that!
Comment by Michaela carroll
November 24th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Rummus is right! If your children had such a desease, you would be crying for the rest of your life!
Comment by Michaela Carroll
November 24th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Say I if you think I'm right!
Comment by White Rabbit
January 29th, 2010 at 2:02 am
whatever asshole above said that this was funny should get their eyes gouged out with a rusty fork, your a horrible person.