Private Veni Vidi Eye Health Centre, Medical Director Op. Dr. Ertan Sunay declared their medical treatments for keratoconus.

Its cause is not obvious and progressively corneal thinning and pointing are seen. It is frequently seen in young people, but it may be seen in all ages. An early diagnosis may be only established with corneal topography. In topographies, the corneal lower quadrant is red as it is thin and pointed in patients with Keratoconus. Keratoconus may be triggered by excessive rubbing of eyes at young ages. A high degree of myopic astigmatism develops in Keratoconus. The vision increases with contact lenses, but not with glasses. Keratoconus Treatment: In the Cross-linking (CXL) method, a medicine containing Riboflavin (vitamin B2) is dropped into the eye and then the ultraviolet light therapy is applied on the cornea. With the Cross-linking CXL treatment, the amount of collagen, the ground substance of the cornea, increases and corneal resistance increases. Nowadays the CXL treatment is performed without opening the corneal epithelium (the membrane in front of the cornea) differently from the former CXL method and the period following both the application and the treatment is completely painless. Use of contact lenses is not for treating keratoconus, they only ensure that the patient can see better than they can do with glasses and they have no effects to stop progression of the diseases.