KERATOCONUS

KERATOCONUS MADE EASY

1. KERATOCONUS M.V.S.RAGHAVENDRA

2. INTRODUCTION NON-INFLAMATORY BILATELAL ECTATIC(DILATATION OR DISTENSION) CONDITION ONSET:PUBERTY GRADUAL IN PROGRESSION

3. FACTORS RESPONSIBLE NOT KNOWN THOERIES: DEVELOPMENTAL CONDITION DEGENERETIVE CONDITION 3. HERIDITORY DYSTROPHY 4.ENDOCRINE ANOMOLY PATHOLOGICAL THINNING ALSO CAN CAUSE

4. CLINICAL FEATURES SYMPTOMS BLURRED DISTORTED COLOURED HALOS GLARE PHOTOPHOBIA OCULAR IRRITATION IRTREGULAR ASTIGMATISM MYOPIA CORNEAL SCREENING SIGNS WINDOW REFLEX DISTORTED PLACIDO EXAMINATION:IRREGULAR CIRCLES FLEISCHER’S RING FOLDS IN DM AND BM VOGT LINES(DISAPPEAR WITH EXTERNAL PRESSURE ON GLOBE RETINOSCOPY:SCISSOR REFLEX OPTHOLMOSCOPY:OIL DROPLET REFLEX MUNSON’S SIGN KERATOMETRY:48DTO54D CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY

5. PLACIDO DISC EXAMINATION IRREGULARITY IN CIRCLES

6. MUNSON’S SIGN

7. CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY

8. HOW THE PERSON AFFECTED WITH KERATOCONUS SEES IT SIMPLY SAYS ALL SYMPTOMS

9. ON RETINOSCOPY: ALSO CALLED YAWNING REFLEX IRTREGULAR ASTIGMATISM IS SEEN

10. VOG’S LINES :SEEN IN SLIT LAMP EXAMINATION

11. MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSSIFICATION NIPPLE CONE OVAL CONE GLOBUS CONE

12. TREATMENT SPECTALE CONTACT LENS INTACS KERATOPLASTY RIBOFLAVIN AND UV-A RAYS