7 Reasons Why Keratoconus Patients Should Use Scleral ... | 合法醫療器材資訊網

2021年4月19日—Patientswithkeratoconustypicallyexperiencebettervisionwithsclerallensescomparedwitheyeglasses.Notonlywillyourvisionbe ...

If you have been diagnosed with keratoconus[1], you may be aware that traditional soft contact lenses[2] are no longer the best option for you. That’s because the irregular shape of the cornea in people with keratoconus can make it difficult or impossible to achieve an optimal fit with regular soft lenses. The good news is that there are other options – particularly scleral contact lenses[3]. These rigid gas-permeable lenses are larger than traditional lenses and have a unique shape that allows them to fit comfortably over irregular corneas. Here are seven reasons your eye doctor[4] might recommend scleral contact lenses for you.

Many patients report a much higher level of comfort with scleral lenses. One of the reasons that scleral lenses feel better on the eye is they are custom-designed t...