UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

I would have thought that as long as the tip of the preservative eye drop remains sterile, capped and refrigerated, there shouldn't be an issue. They also have to be thrown within 3 months I think? My preservative free drops I do not refrigerate. I hate the feeling of coldness on my eye, although I ...

Sure, I'll separate this thread into themes and sections, feel free to contribute people! What is Dry Eye? Having dry eye often means that your eyes are irritated and sore. You may have a lack of tears that can be observed through a slit lamp, or the tears that you produce may be of poor quality, l...

Hi All, I have been wearing GP lenses since 2011, and most of this time I worked in an office. Heating/Cooling, dry air, all the worst things for contact lens wearers! I started with hypromellose standard eye drops, bought some lacrilube i'd heard of from this forum, yet still was having terrible le...

I work in financial services and also look at spreadsheets, MI reports, lots of figures. I CTRL + quite often to zoom in on spreadsheets etc which helps, and am wearing RGPS now for 2.5 years. They do dry out my eyes and i get the odd bad eye day, try and wear just glasses on my days off and plenty ...

Thanks for sharing Libby It isn't always an easy decision to make whether or not to have a graft, but it seems like in this situation your mind has been made up by the situation, top letter is no good is it! If we can be of any assistance here at KC Support association, or if you have any questions ...

Great news Leah, I am glad these lenses are really helping your visual aquity It does improve your quality of life so much doesn't it, the small things most people take for granted like reading text. I have Jack Allen Profile RGP lenses in both eyes, I do think they are a great lens manufacturer, an...

If you have a look at my recent posts I suggest various drop types

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Warm water, drop of baby shampoo, soak eyes in the water and use cotton wool buds to clean along the lid line/hair follies. There are also blephawipes used for blepharitis which will help clear out the eye area and hopefully keep mucus at bay. As said previously, try and keep your eyes hydrated also...

Adjusting the rads if you can. Making a conscienscious decision to blink fully, looking over the top of your monitor to the distance and blinking also helps

I use hypromelllose eye drops from the pharmacy and keep them by my desk, They are 1.80ish each, and thicken the tear layer. try and sit by the window and open it a crack if it's highly centrally heated