UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Janet, The issue of pain is a relative one. For me there is no 'pain' as such. I have had KC for about 20 years, but as a hay fever sufferer, I do get an irritation in my eyes, which I have to say, I rub to ease the 'discomfort' This usually works after a minute or so and then I do not feel the need...

I have received an email from a person on this list who has given me some reassurance about the two and the following extract from the email is interesting. ... according to my experts, the blindness associated with diabetes is Glaucoma (basically the sugar and stuff in the blood messes with and inc...

I have just been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and wonder how it sits with KC. I was told that I had probably had it for a number of years. I am waiting for my appoinment with an optian. I beleive that diabetes can be detected during an eye test, but I think that the KC, which makes viewing the bac...