Crosslinking on a healthy eye
Posted: Mon 10 Sep 2018 7:10 pm
Hello!
I was diagnosed with KC on my right eye on the 30th of July this year. The doctor recommended crosslinking and i went for it and on the 1st of August i did the procedure. Now the recovery seems to be going well, the doctor told me everything is ok, the procedure is successful and i asked should i do it on my other eye. He saw the topography of my left eye and said that is is healthy. There is no keratoconus in it as of this point and we shouldnt do the procedure there. I agree with him, but there is this doubt in me. I have read that the disease usually comes in one eye and later in another and after someone is 40, it gets stable, because the cornea stiffens. But i am 23, and i wonder should i do the procedure on the healthy eye too, so as to prevent it from happening in the future. The doctor said that i should go to monitor the situation every 6 months, which seems ok and reliable, but i was wondering what other people who have had this disease might think, because i am kinda a hypohondriac and i always think that i may do more for prevention and health.
Regards,
Simeon
I was diagnosed with KC on my right eye on the 30th of July this year. The doctor recommended crosslinking and i went for it and on the 1st of August i did the procedure. Now the recovery seems to be going well, the doctor told me everything is ok, the procedure is successful and i asked should i do it on my other eye. He saw the topography of my left eye and said that is is healthy. There is no keratoconus in it as of this point and we shouldnt do the procedure there. I agree with him, but there is this doubt in me. I have read that the disease usually comes in one eye and later in another and after someone is 40, it gets stable, because the cornea stiffens. But i am 23, and i wonder should i do the procedure on the healthy eye too, so as to prevent it from happening in the future. The doctor said that i should go to monitor the situation every 6 months, which seems ok and reliable, but i was wondering what other people who have had this disease might think, because i am kinda a hypohondriac and i always think that i may do more for prevention and health.
Regards,
Simeon