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Keratoconus is the progressive deterioration within the cornea causing it to thin and change in appearance to conical shape than the normal curve shape.

Cornea is actually the clear central part of front surface of eye, through which we see the world. It has the shape of a dome like a ball. Some times the structure of cornea wont be able to hold the shape and it protrudes like a cone. This nature of cornea is called Keratoconus.

How it causes?

Collagen – Tiny fibres of protein help keep the cornea in shape and protect it from protruding. When these fibres got affected with any injury or got weak, collagen is unable to keep the shape and bulges more like cone shaped.

This may affect children and adults as well. It is good to have your eyes checked for keratoconus in the beginning stage. And for children it should have been checked at the age of 10. The condition is likely to get affected mostly for those who have any medical issues like allergy caused by any medicines. The condition could be related to severe eye rubbing as well. Initial evidence cant be pointed for the reason why the eye starts to keep change in shape.

Normally keratoconus could be seen in teenagers or could be seen in people of age 30. Possibility cant be ruled out that it will affect on older people as well, but that is less common.

Symptoms and Signs

As the cornea is getting bulged it causes in progressive nearsightedness and uneven astigmatism with distorted and cloudy vision.

How the changes will affect one's eye?

Cornea Shape change can happen quickly or it will take years to happen the changes. The changes could result in blurred vision, halos and glare at night. This may continue for years and both eyes have the chance of getting affected eventually. Normally it affects one eye and later to the next eye.

One should not be focused properly without contact lenses or glasses if the changes in the cornea happened. If the condition is so critical the opthalmologist may recommend for a Corneal Transplant.

Cornea Transplant is other wise known as corneal grafting is an operative procedure where the affected cornea is replaced by donated graft (corneal tissue) in its totally(penetrating keratoplasty) in part (lamellar keratoplasty). The corneal tissue received from the recently dead person with no known diseases or other factors that may affect the donated tissue or health of the recipient is used for corneal grafting.

The surgical process is done by ophthalmologists normally done on an outpatient basis. Corneal Transplant is performed only when keratoconus conservative surgery and cross-linking is failed to heal cornea anymore. 

Why Neera Eye Care for Corneal Transplant?

Neera Eye Center is a comprehensive eye health facility located in Delhi. It is one of the leading eye centers in the country, offering state-of-the-art modern diagnostic, therapeutic, and rehabilitative services of the highest quality in ophthalmology.

Registered with Directorate of Health Services, Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, doctors at Neera Eye Center are committed in providing better vision by interfacing cutting edge technology with a human touch.

Dr Neera has been practicing in New Delhi since 1994 as a leading Refractive & Cornea Surgeon. She has been a pioneer in the field of Refractive Surgery in Delhi. She was one of the few eye surgeons to introduce Excimer & Lasik surgery in Delhi. She is also a senior consultant at Max Hospital, Panchsheel and Saket.

Over the years, Dr Neera has also been guest speaker at many national opthalmologic conferences.