WHAT IS KERATOCONUS ?
The cornea is the spherical, transparent anterior part of the eye that light passes through when it enters through the pupil.
Keratoconus (KC) is a degenerative, non-inflammatory disease of the eye that causes the normally spherical cornea to progressively thin and protrude creating an irregular conical shape.
In the advanced stages, the cornea becomes scarred and loses its transparency and only a graft (transplant) can restore vision.
This irregularity of the cornea causes the light entering the eye, which normally comes to a sharp focus, to scatter and significantly blur vision. It usually starts when a child reaches puberty and thereafter, vision deteriorates progressively. Spectacles do not help much after a while and this affects the individuals daily functioning, eventually making the patient “technically blind” if untreated.