What is Keratoconus?
Keratoconus is a degenerative eye disease.
The cornea begins to thin and bulge and instead of being a curved shape it take on cone shape. This distortion can cause light to refract changing the way the eyes sees.
It is estimated 1 in 1000 people are living with Keratoconus.
Here how what someone living with Keratoconus might see:
Symptoms of Keratoconus
-Blurred vision
- Frequently prescription changes
- worsening astigmatism’s
- double or triple vision ( many sufferers will have dozen of ghosting of images)
- double vision in one eye
- poor night vision
- flaring of lights
- sensitivity to light
- itching eyes
- light sensitivity
Treatment of Keratoconus
Currently the first line of treatment is eyeglasses , then soft or more likely rigid gas permeable contact lens designed specifically for Keratoconus eyes and the “cone: shaped cornea.
If the cornea becomes dangerously thin or vision cannot be maintained retired with contact lenses then the last resort is a cornea transplant.
There has also been some research into eye implants.
Common misspellings of Keratononus eye condition: Kerataconus, Keraticonus, Kerataconis