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Just posted notice of this new report in another thread about beating KC naturally, but perhaps it should be a specific topic: Mcmillan J (June 05, 2018) Spectrum of Darkness, Agent of Light: Myopia, Keratoconus, Ocular Surface Disease, and Evidence for a Profoundly Vitamin D-dependent Eye. Cure...
I keep hearing people post on how they beat keratoconus and there vision got better without glasses. These same people always post a website that doesn't exist. Can you beat keratoconus yes you can, but will people tell you for free no they won't everything in this world is about money people who have t...
hello guys! looks like new stuff (i am not good in optical devices , so may be mistaken, and that may be the old stuff)
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/4613217.html
Need to know who works with these glasses, who produces them, which optitians work with them, etc, in continental Europe or Eng...
It has been interesting to read recently how diet is being more and more attributed to certain disease. After having Mini Ark the Lombardi Clinic suggested I try a Ph Diet... it also seems that other's have looked into the link between nutrition and keratoconus:
Magnesium
Many conditions hav...
Good day! My name is Alexandra and I'm from Russia. Suffer keratoconus more than two years, no operations are made. I wonder how much progress have experts in the field of genetics keratoconus and what stage is the development of keratoconus at the genetic level? Whether to apply the biodegradable l...
Over the last three plus decades, I have developed a specialty of fitting Rigid Contact lenses for Keratoconus. Early in my practice, I was providing feedback for Art Optical, resulting in the development of their AKS fitting system. This would be what we now refer to as beta testing. One thing KCN pa...
They found a new layer in the cornea, in the article in the below link (and if I read it correctly), it is said to be where a Hydrops episode beginnings from, if it occurs. Does it "re-write the rules" ? not yet until others have studied it, I should think. http://www.livescience.com/37348-new-layer-...
Narayana Nethralaya inaugurated a laboratory set up exclusively for research, diagnosis and treatment of dry eyes in Bangalore.http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/soon-you-can-shed-a-tear-over-your-health/article4507629.eceVicky
What do you guys make of the link below... a bit different than the usual!!!
"Looking at the big picture results in improved patient satisfaction and a better contact lens experience.
More than 50 years ago, Dr. Gene Reynolds noticed that some World War II fighters who initially exh...
Now this is pretty important, as not a lot of people know about it, it also can not be found on the internet, it was put across to a few choice eye-care professionals interested in kc, at a meeting I went to, from the specialist work that was carried out on this topic for a great number of years.
The...
This is an interesting article about progressive Myopia, its similar to KC in many ways and so is the closest cousine there is to KC I think (Prof. Lombadri was telling me its the same thing but in another form)
The debate tally's to much talked about for the causes of KC, there is referances to e...
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Is There an Association between Diabetes and Keratoconus?
Irene C Kuo, Aimee Broman, Ashkan Pirouzmanesh, Michele Melia
PURPOSE: To examine whether there is an association between di...
In 1936, Applebaum (Archives of Ophthalmology) estimated the prevalence of KC at about one in 2,000 patients. In 1959, Hofstetter (American Journal of Optometry, Academy) raised the ante to around one in 450. Today's diagnostic instrumentation and tomorrow's genetic testing will show more def...
The topic header here is a phrase i heard Yarsky use and i just wanted to write about it.
The age of a person matters in kc... its seem the older you are (30+) the more your kc behaves and stops/slows kc!
Is it hormones? Is it the same effect as when skin ages and beco...
Genetic Testing for Keratoconus One of the most promising technologies to screen candidates for LASIK is a genetic test that may be able to differentiate between patients who are predisposed to develop keratoconus and those who are not. Yaron S. Rabinowitz, MD, director of ophthalmology r...
Hiere is a new devise wiith possible aplications on KC early dedction and which certainly will provide more info on our desease.
http://www.ocularresponseanalyzer.com/
KC cornea is more soft than a normal one, less elastic, mo...
Here is the result and conclusion of the study below.
RESULTS: In the univariate associations, there was an association between keratoconus and atopy as well as eye rubbing and family history of keratoconus. However, in the multivariate analysis, only eye rubbing was still a significant predi...
This reasearch was published recently in Cornea. It tells us about very long-term (10 -17 years) outcomes of corneal transplantation for keratoconus patients with the focus on the endothelial calls death after KC. It tells us that PK, or corneal graft, "kills" endothelial cells, whose number fal...
For those of you interested, I have written a simple explanation to why keratoconus affects our vision. I would love to have your comments, either here or in my blog. The url is: http://keratocon.us/?p=25
Magnus
PS. Administrators, feel free...
November 7, 2005
Genetic, environmental factors may play roles in keratoconus
The incidence and severity of keratoconus were found to be high in a study of patients in a mountainous region of Saudi Arabia, with early onset and more rapid progression to severe disease stage at young age....
The answer on this question seems to be very important to understanding of the nature of KC. The article herebelow, published in Cornea in 2003, speaks about the 20 years follow up post graft study of a relatively big number of KC eyes. The conclusion is that in the long run there is the recurence of the K...
Probably this question was already asked here.
I know that only a certain percentage of all KC is a family condition.
What is the probability that my kids will have KC as I do?
Having in mind that i do not know of any other member in my family who would have
KC. Probably my genes responsible for nor...
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Changes in Collagen Orientation and Distribution in Keratoconus Corneas
Keith M. Meek,1 Stephen J. Tuft,2 Yifei Huang,3 Paulvinder S. Gill,1 Sally Hayes,1 Richard H. Newton,1 and Anthony J. Bron4
1From the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Ki...
Hi
might be of interest?
http://www.laser-prk.com/pressrelease.htm
at bottom of screen click links to view pdf....
part1 is quite technical(and some in french!)
part 2 easier (for me)to understand...causes+1..genetics..intacs
Take Care
Sandi
There is a very basic question: statistics of stages at which KC, without any treatment, stops to evoluate.
Let's there is N trackrecords KC up to date.
N_1=number of cases where it stoped for good at I stage
N_2=number of cases where it stoped for good at II stage
N_3=number of cases where i...
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