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How come my sclerae isn blue?

April 26, 2017BLUE sclerae

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How come my sclerae isn blue?

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Generally, people with type I OI have blue sclera. Only a small number of people with types III and IV have blue sclera. The sclera looks blue because of the thickness of the tissue over the eye. This is affected more by the amount of collagen produced than by the quality of the collagen.