People who got the eye disease of Keratoconus in the past means the vision is deteriorated progressively by Keratoconus and there is little hope for their eyesight. So it was a huge strike for people when they get diagnosis of Keratoconus. However, with the rapid development of new vision technologies, it is lucky for people diagnosed of Keraroconus that they still have hope in their poor vision, and even for people who lost sight, the sight still has the chance to be regained. The following will introduce some treatments for Keratoconus to help people to get more knowledge of it.
In the past, when new vision technologies have not been developed or mature, hard contact lens or corneal transplant is used to treat Keratoconus. But they don’t work well. They are invasive, more important, they are usually uncomfortable and even painful. And what kind of treatments has so much magic power that can treat this serious eye disease? The following will introduce two kinds of effective treatments: INTACS and C3-R? the invention of which attract great attentions in the world of vision treatments
INTACS is a procedure that reshapes the cornea by putting a small plastic insert in the cornea. By this way, clearer vision can be realized and the vision can be improved. You may think it must be very difficult and need to take a long time to make it. Definitely not! It is just a ten-minute procedure.Another big issue people may concern is if it is painful. You can rest assured that it is painless. When you need, you can choose to remove the INTACTS. What is strange is that you don’t even can feel it.
C3-R is also not as difficult as what we thought. It is just a simple procedure to treat Keratoconus, which only needs 30 minutes. This treatment is reached by a set of drops and UV lights. A set of drops will be put in the eyes to strengthen the cornea, and UV lights are added to activate the medication during the treatment. It is magic that only 30-minute UV lights can improve patient’s vision for more than 2-3 months.
People can also choose to use the combination of INTACS and C3-R according to the feature and severity of your eye problem and your eye doctor’s advice. For the treatments of Keratoconus, we are confident with the rapid and progressive development of new vision technologies, there will be better treatment for it in the future.
Reference
·Keratoconus treatments
·Intacs corneal implants for myopia and keratoconus
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