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I have been diagnosed with Keratoconus this year. I’ve been seeing double with each eye independently for 6 years or so and every other doctor that saw me befor
by culopatin 5y ago
I have been diagnosed with Keratoconus this year. I’ve been seeing double with each eye independently for 6 years or so and every other doctor that saw me before my current one dismissed it. Gets worse at night so when I drive I see 2 sets of street lights, one is kind of a ghost. The red overlaps with the yellow, yellow with green, and then I see a floating green circle in the air. Overall my brain can process this just fine but it gets tough to read text at night on a screen.
There is a collagen cross linking treatment that I’m considering, but I’m somewhat scared of it. It almost sounds like putting varnish on my eyes to make them harder. I’ve read of people getting hazy view after the treatment and there is nothing I would hate more.
My hobbies are racing cars and tennis, both need very good vision.
Other than that my prescription is not so bad, -1.75/-1.5 but the double vision drives me nuts.
I don’t know what I’ll do yet.
- the_d3f4ult 5y agohow old are you? How fast is it progressing? Keratoconus progresses most through the 20's. Bad keratoconus will destroy your cornea eventually requiring a transplant. I would seriously think about the cross linking. https://eyewiki.aao.org/Acute_Corneal_Hydrops https://eyewiki.aao.org/Acute_Corneal_Hydrops
- culopatin 5y agoAbout to turn 30. It started when I was about 22 but it’s been annoying for the last 6. It progresses a bit every year, but not at a rate that makes me think I have a year to figure this out