UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Problem is we are all different and KC patients progresses at differing rates. Had KC for almost 30 years and mine started when I was in the UK in my early 20's (now in Oz) with several return visits to the opticians, several pairs of specs later I ended up in front of a specialist at the hospital w...

Actually this is the Keratoconus Australian website

http://www.keratoconus.asn.au/

Hi Keratoconus does not mean you cannot have bifocal or varifocal contact lenses. I run a contact lens specialist in Nottingham and has many satisfied keratoconus patients who wear either gas perm bifocals or synereyes duette multifocals. I even have a few wearers who wear monthly varifocal contact...

I guess from the lack of response that there is very little experience with KC and multifocals, I am starting to get that impression from my queries outside the forum also.

Seems like its back to plain old RGP's and reading glasses!!!


Unless?????

Regarding KC parameters I found the following video very informative:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5elCgswB4Y

From my earlier post, advice from practitioners, it appears that multi focal lenses are available for us older KC sufferers with reading glasses The solution appears in a number of forms, multi focal RGP's, hybrids (Duette multi focal) and piggy back with soft multifocal and RGP. I'd appreciate any ...

Hi Woody123

Thanks for the response, thought it must be possible- now to execute.

If I wasn't in Wollongong (near Sydney) Australia I'd be around there tomorrow.

I've forwarded your post, hope you don't mind, to my optometrist and see if he can come up with someone local to assist

Hey thanks for taking the time to respond to this. Think I'll contact my optometrist and find out my diopter and cornea thickness readings, its the engineer in me that still asks the question when ( at what diopter/ cornea thickness) does an astigmatism become KC. Since I see no other means of diagn...

Hi, New to the forum, I have had KC for some decades now and apart from the initial shock and the pain of getting used to RGP lenses ( took some months mind) and the usual dust/dirt problems I have had no real issues with reasonably good vision. Not good at sporting events or concerts though! I have...