“I have Keratoconus and will Never be Able to Fully Enjoy Life” I hear this often from patients diagnosed with Keratoconus. You may find it challenging to watch television and read the fast food board menu or you may find yourself zooming in on your phone, notes, and computer screen. You may not see your […]
Keratoconus: What you always want to know
Keratoconus is a condition where the cornea becomes thinner and becomes cone-shaped. This corneal protrusion causes blurry vision as the cornea becomes irregular in shape. It progressed usually in the first three decades of life. Can I drive with keratoconus? It depends on your vision. With mild keratoconus, even without correction, you may still have about […]
Contact Lens for Keratoconus: Soft Custom Lens vs RGP vs Scleral Lenses
So we know that the corneas of keratoconus become thinner and irregular in shape. The cornea becomes steeper or more curved. How does this relate to vision? When light hits the irregularly thin cornea, light scatters and does not focus correctly on the retina. Irregular astigmatism and nearsightedness make vision blurry. People with keratoconus often cannot see distant things […]
Scleral Contact Lens Fitting in the Philippines
Scleral contact lens fitting is available in the Philippines. It was not available though in the earlier years. I have come across one foreign keratoconus blog with a Filipino with keratoconus asking where to get scleral lenses in the Philippines. He seemed desperate, I tried to reach out but the blog was no longer active. […]