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Billiscreen App for Detecting Pancreatic Cancer

January 17, 2019 - Eye Health

Hey folks, it’s Dr. Sam. I wanted to share that there’s an app out there, called the Billiscreen App, and it photographs the whites of your eyes to detect early stages of pancreatic cancer, which has very low survival rates.

In this particular app, if doctors see that the whites of the eyes are turning yellow, this means that the bilirubin levels are high and it is an early way to detect pancreatic cancer.

The takeaway is that this is another drop in the bucket in terms of ways that our eye health reflects our overall health. If there are eye issues, there are likely other issues developing within the whole body system, even if they are symptomless for the time being. So if you have health issues with your eyes, take it as motivation to get to the root of the problem and far more than just your eyes will benefit.