Friday, 18 August 2017

Life threatening disorder – Keratoconus



Is your vision clear? Are you seeing objects clearly? Looking for treatment? Then you can go for a checkup in Rana hospital. We are eye specialist and you will come to now about your any kind eye disease for better treatment. Keratoconus Treatment in India is as easy as a cup of tea. Any age people can be affected by this.

What is Keratoconus ?

It is an eye disorder in which round cornea gets thinner and start to bulge into a cone shape. Due to this conical shape cornea you might have nearsightedness, blurry vision, double vision, light sensitivity and astigmatism. This occurs usually in both eyes. In most cases, scarring or a circle may be seen within the cornea. Only 1 in 2000 people is affected by this disease.

Keratoconus Treatment

In keratoconus, eyeglasses or soft contact glasses can help us. As the disease progress the irregular shape of cornea cannot be corrected by the glass as it does not provide proper vision.

Then the following treatment for keratoconus are used :-
1. Corneal transplant
2. Hybrid contact lenses
3. Scleral and semi-scleral lenses
4. Intacs
5. Corneal cross-linking (CXL)
6. Gas permeable contact lenses
7. Custom soft contact lenses
8. "Piggybacking" contact lenses

Protection from keratoconus

* protect your eyes from UV rays by wearing sunglasses
* do not rub your eyes
* make a check on contact lens fitness
* while treatment your eye should be comfortable means not having any kind of allergy

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