Category: Keratoconus-related issues

What is done in a cross-linking operation? Is this operation really effective? The cornea is made of a network of collagen fibers. In this disease interlinking connections between the collagen fibers become week due to which the corneal thickness decreases and the cornea is weakened. In this treatment, the collagen fibers are activated and their…

?Is keratoconus curable This depends upon the stage of disease at the time of initiating the treatment. Spectacles, hard contact lenses, and intacs all can be helpful at early stages of the disease. When the cornea becomes too thin or non-transparent, then only corneal transplantation is beneficial. However, the latest method for treating it is…

?What are other methods to treat the patients with keratoconus This depends on the stage of the disease at the time of initiation of treatment. The patients are periodically carefully monitored and different treatments are given and advanced according to the progress of the disease. Following methods are used. Glasses Initially, the glasses are advised.…

The cornea of some has a weakness. A part of cornea starts thinning and then it starts bulging at a site slightly lower to the center of the cornea. As a result the central part of the cornea appears as a cone. From here the name keratoconus has been derived. The thinning of the cornea…