Health Query
What is the cause for the disease keratoconus? What are its effects in our eye? If I undergone for treatment how long it Will take to recover my eye sight? What is the procedure for the operation? If I take in a treatment how long it will take for me for lasik surgery without keeping spectacles?
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Fellowship in Comprehensive Ophthalmology, DOMS
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1. Keratoconus is a degenerative disease leading to change in corneal shape and thickness leading to decreased vision
2. Effects: decreased vision, repeated change in glasses, high cylinderical number
3. Recovery of eye sight depoends on condition of cornea and severity of keratoconus
4. Type of operation again depends on topography and thickness of your cornea
5. Lasik is contraindicated in keratoconus. Do not ever think of lasik.
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