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by Barney
Tue 10 Oct 2006 2:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: The standard eye test
Replies: 22
Views: 10366

Perhaps there is no point in being able to measure or even understand your symptoms. And I'd like to jump up and say I agree with your agreement with Matthew Gareth - to an extent. :wink: That's pretty much what I assumed as their reason was in the previous post. But much as it pains me to agree wi...
by Barney
Tue 10 Oct 2006 1:14 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

Gareth, I think you have misunderstood. As far as I’m aware no one is suggesting that all cases of KC are caused by the wearing of contact lenses. That would be nonsense. But you seem to be assuming that the symptoms of KC can only have a single cause. Why? In most cases, KC is first found in t...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 7:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: First Driving Lesson Tomorrow!
Replies: 25
Views: 10725

Don't worry, as you get used to it you should find you learn to anticipate a lens popping out so it's less likely to happen. You'll learn the wondrous knack of catching a lens with your eyelids as springs out. It's a pity that being able to reverse on mirrors isn't part of the test because most driv...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 6:43 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

And from University of Illinois http://www.uic.edu/com/eye/LearningAboutVision/EyeFacts/RigidContactLenses.shtml http://www.uic.edu/com/eye/LearningAboutVision/EyeFacts/Keratoconus.shtml http://www.uic.edu/com/eye/index.shtml " What causes keratoconus? The cause of keratoconus is unknown. Who g...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 6:05 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

It seems that others including the School of Optometry at Indiana University and very many others in the US would disagree with whatever unspecified epidemiology you are referring to Andrew. I would love to hear from the person who claims he knows all the causes of KC. As I said before, there is as ...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 3:52 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

From School of Optometry, Indiana University: http://www.opt.indiana.edu/lowther/html/keratoconus_etiology.htm#rgp Rigid Contact Lenses It has been suggested that the wearing of rigid contact lenses can cause keratoconus in some patients. One study (Hartstein) reported on four patients who had worn ...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 1:46 pm
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

Seems to be generally accepted in the US that the use of contact lenses can lead to KC but there seems to be a total reluctance in the UK even to consider it as one possible cause for some reason. That approach doesn't seem good science to me. I got a car at 17 and immediately bought a pair of hard ...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 10:56 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: The standard eye test
Replies: 22
Views: 10366

I'd assume because it's not thought that more measurement would reveal any more. But then there's the case for more measurement in the immortal wisdom of Donald Rumsfeld: "As we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say...
by Barney
Mon 09 Oct 2006 10:39 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

Ah, I see. Hope you get on with the lenses. I'd have a job finding my way to the screen without mine but luckily they've never been a problem for me (other than that they may well have caused the KC in the first place).
by Barney
Fri 06 Oct 2006 11:36 am
Forum: General Discussion Forum
Topic: Help at Work II
Replies: 91
Views: 38680

Matthew, I've read a lot of your posts and feel I should know, but what sort of sight problem do you have to need that sort of equipment? Is there something in the pipeline to give you better vision?

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