Keratoconus Specialists in Maharashtra

Treatment & Types of Keratoconus in Maharashtra

In early stages, glasses or soft contact lenses correct vision adequately, while rigid gas-permeable or scleral contact lenses are often needed as the cornea becomes more irregular. Corneal collagen cross-linking, a procedure that strengthens corneal tissue using riboflavin drops and ultraviolet light, is used to halt disease progression in active cases. In advanced disease where vision cannot be corrected adequately with lenses, corneal transplant surgery may be required to restore functional vision.

Keratoconus is generally classified by severity into mild, moderate, and severe stages based on the degree of corneal steepening and thinning measured by corneal topography, which determines whether glasses, contact lenses, cross-linking, or transplant surgery is the appropriate treatment. It can also be described as unilateral or, more commonly, bilateral, affecting both eyes often asymmetrically, and as stable or progressive depending on whether the cornea continues to change shape over time.