UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

my right eye with lens get red when i get something in it from dust to an eyelash, if i wear the lens too long, when I am tired, etc etc!

The New Scientist IS a respected publication! besides its interesting to read about any developments and reserach that might one day help all KC sufferers isn't it? Its vital we all keep up to date on developments, well I think it is anyway, so i will continue to be well informed, and take stuff wit...

Invention: Eyeball stiffener - Reproduced with kind permission of Jeremy Webb (Editor) New Scientist * 16:39 21 October 2008 * NewScientist news service * Justin Mullins The blinding disease keratoconus affects as many as one person in 435, striking between the ages of 10 and 20. It involves a prog...

I have seen this mentioned elsewhere, but it really interested me so I ma asking the question separately here. Having had a graft last november am I ok to have my usual flu jab this winter? I have mild asthma so I always have the jab, and was planning to have it next week at a drop in surgery. but I...

great news well done, I am coming up to a year post graft, fingers crossed I have good news like you too!

digital radio on Freeview or a DAB radio, particularly BBC 7 for plays and comedy, and BBC6 for music, got me thru when watching TV was too hard. make sure there's always a pair of sunglasses to hand no heavy lifting! sleep mask in bed at night cooling eye mask you keep in the fridge is very relaxin...

JOURNAL OF REFRACTIVE SURGERY 2008; 24(7):737 Cigarette Smoking is Negatively Associated With Keratoconus By Eberhard Spoerl, PhD; Frederik Raiskup-Wolf, MD; Eberhard Kuhlisch; Lutz E Pillunat, MD PURPOSECigarette Smoking is Negatively Associated With Keratoconus By Eberhard Spoerl, PhD; Frederik Ra...

hello, sorry I can't advise you specifically but I can sympathise as I developed Eczema at the age of 38 and later discovered it could be linked to KC. mine's not too bad so i can cope. you last line worried me, nothings that bad although it can seem insurmountable, I hope you have friends and famil...

hi, i had my graft last November, I couldnt have Intacs and there was no lens they could make so i couldnt see- i had no choice and was glad to be given the graft option- if it works I will be able to see which I can do now- so whats to lose? rejection is rare and often can be stopped with treatment...