UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Hi There... INTACs usefulness depends a lot on how much astigmatism you have and the shape of your cornea. You need a proper assessment by a surgeon experienced in this procedure to give you an opinion. You could listen to people here say that it was great and others who said it didn't help at all a...

Hayley What this means is that you have bubbles trapped in the tears beneath your RGP lens and that these have caused indentations in your cornea. You are being asked to go back in case it is just a temporary situation but if you are reporting discomfort for a while, then its likely you will need an...

Dinesh,

It really is not a good idea to be thinking about LASEK if you have KC even if you have been crosslinked. People who are not keratoconic can develop it after LASEK, particularly those requiring high minus correction.

You could look at lens implants?

Lynn

One point here... Also, the health professional has to tell the driver and the guidence is very explicit. If the driver refutes this, then the clinician must tell the DVLA: If you do not manage to persuade the patient to stop driving, or you discover that they are continuing to drive against your ad...

HI There... Just trying to work out what you were expecting here... Seems as though the prescription is wrong for the balancing lens as that eye is blurry A balancing lens means that it is NOT the right prescription! I am ssuming these spectacles are giving vision to your grafted eye? The balancing ...

Hi Everyone... This is an intersting dicussion becasue actually, spectacle blur from GP lenses can affect anyone wearing them, even those with normal corneas. In other words, its not just something that just affects people with KC. Older optometrists will remember this was part of our daily discussi...

Hi Stephen There is a good reason you can't find out an answer to your question - it very much depends on the individual case. But you knew that really :) Life can be very normal with keratoconus - but it depends so much on the severity of the condition and how much it affects both eyes. It also dep...

Anthony, To answer your question, we would need to know your unaided vision and your corrected vision for both eyes. Cross linking can improve vision but usually only by a line or so. The important thing about being a fireman is that you can cope without glasses in a hazardous situation. One eye can...

Hi Ryan First, if you are getting persistent ulcers and abrasions, I think you need the fit of your lenses re-evaluating. Have you had a routine appointment to assess your lenses? Cross linking does change (improve) the corneal shape, so your problems may in fact be a side effect of things getting b...

Hi Jay,

Gareth has answered most thoroughly. Just to add that that, most lathe cut soft lenses can fit a very wide range of powers. Its disposable lenses that have a limited power range.

KeraSoft, for example, has a range of +/- 40.00 dioptres sphere and up to 15.00 of astigmatism.

Lynn