What Families Need to Know EYE RUBBING is abnormal when it lasts too long, or occurs too frequently, or uses too much force, or keeps recurring over a long period. WHAT CAN YOU DO TO AVOID EYE RUBBING? If possible, it is better not to rub at all. Apart from causing soreness and redness of…
A few KC group correspondents have had a hydrops recently. Acute hydrops episodes come out of the blue, often at night with not even any warning signs the evening before. The acute phase can be very uncomfortable, or extremely painful may be a closer description. The vision is suddenly misty, or in bad cases, a…
Our drop-in Zoom chats provide a good opportunity for the newly diagnosed to meet seasoned travelers and discuss all things KC. Anyone interested in Keratoconus is free to join us. Please join us to discuss all things KC. We are totally open with no pre planned agenda. Ours is a truly bottom up organisation run…
Epioxa Provides the Ophthalmic Community and Patients with the First and Only FDA-Approved, IncisionFree, Topical Drug Therapy for Keratoconus Epioxa Represents a Novel, Groundbreaking Therapy for Patients Afflicted by This Sight-Threatening Rare Disease Epioxa Expected to Be Commercially Available in Q1 2026 Aliso Viejo, CA – October 20, 2025 – Glaukos Corporation (NYSE: GKOS), an…
Ken Pullum gave an interesting talk to the Keratoconus Group outlining his ideas for addressing the increasing problem of waiting times for appointments. Not only is this obviously disruptive to patients, it’s a false economy. Ken explained that keratoconus is not regarded as clinically urgent because a delay in fitting a contact lens is not…
By Dr Sangeetha Rao Author’s note:Dr Sangeetha Rao, an Ophthalmologist and new member of the Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Group, shares her reflections from the 2025 Specialist Keratoconus & Scleral Lens Symposium in Hertford, a weekend of learning, collaboration, and connection. As a new member of the Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Group, attending the Specialist…
University of Liverpool researchers receive £2.4 million to advance a minimally invasive treatment for keratoconus, aiming to improve patient access and reduce NHS costs Researchers at the University of Liverpool have secured over £2.4 million in funding to develop a novel, non-invasive treatment for keratoconus, a progressive eye condition that causes the cornea to become…
By Peter Field HERTFORD UK, APRIL / MAY 2025 at The BEAM theatre complex There is something quite magical when you arrive at Hertford on a warm, sunny, sky blue spring day. With it’s well preserved Georgian buildings and picturesque views from bridges across the River Lea It’s almost as if time has stood still…
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) have awarded Dr. Shafi Balal a prestigious Doctoral Fellowship at University College London (UCL). The NIHR Doctoral Fellowship is a full-time award that supports individuals to undertake a PhD in an area of research within the NIHR’s remit. The funding will support Dr. Balal in groundbreaking research on using…
By Daniel Morgan-Williams, Founding Director of Visualise Training and Consultancy Working in the workplace adjustment space, we see this quite often. An employee requests an adjustment to remove a barrier, and instead of a constructive conversation, the request is blocked. The justification usually sounds familiar: “It’s not reasonable,” or “If we do it for you,…