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A smartphone these days is more than an electronic device and serves diverse use cases besides a calling or an entertainment device. In a recent case, a UK woman managed to detect her son's eye cancer using her smartphone's flash. According to The Mirror, while cooking, the 40-year-old mother spotted a "white glow" in her three-month-old son's eye, which reflected light "like a cat's eye" and clicked pictures using the smartphone's camera with flash on.

Soon after searching online, she discovered that this might be a sign of cancer, which was confirmed in medical tests later. Her son was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, which is a rare eye cancer found in young children and babies. Soon after this, the boy underwent chemotherapy and is reportedly stable now.

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Soon after noticing the glow for the first time, Sarah Hedges added that it vanished away. The next day, when she moved Thomas to another room, she discovered it again. "I remembered years ago seeing something about a flash on the camera, but I had no idea what it was for or where I saw it, so I took some photos of his eye using the flash. When I Googled it, it came up with cancer," citing Sarah, the news outlet reported.

The baby's mother clicked the photos using the smartphone's flash and searched online about the condition to learn more. (Representational Image:Unsplash)

After an appointment with a general practitioner, she was referred to Medway Hospital, where the disease was confirmed. According to the report, the boy underwent six rounds of chemo, with the final one in April and is recovering well. Meanwhile, apart from a white glow, the signs of this form of eye cancer can include a changed appearance of an eye or a swollen eye, according to The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT).

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In roughly 50 per cent of the cases, the patient's affected eye is removed if the treatment is not provided treatment on time, Richard Ashton, chief executive said. In Thomas' case, the timely diagnosis helped treat the symptoms without eye removal.