Lens hygiene and care is crucially important. To get the message across a new campaign has been launched and you can find out about it here. In addition Moorfields has issued details of an Outbreak of preventable eye infection in contact lens wearers. Details can be found here.
The Sight Advice FAQ answers questions about living with sight loss, eye health or being newly diagnosed with a sight condition. This includes those who are supporting people through their sight loss journey, including parents, partners, carers and friends. It contains a search box and menu to find what you’re looking for.The site has been…
Fight for Sight is working to raise awareness of the importance of eye donations after research has found that eyes are the organ that people would be the least likely to donate following their death. The eye research charity has highlighted that there is currently a shortfall in corneas that can be used for transplant,…
This is an interesting article published by the National Keratoconus Foundation in America: For many years, it’s been long stated that keratoconus occurs in one person in every 2,000. In an article published in March 2017, the American Journal of Ophthalmology, Dr. Daniel Godefrooij, from the University of Utrecht, refines our understanding of incidence and prevalence…
Visualise is a charity that helps organisations find the answers that make their services more inclusive and accessible to people with a visual impairment and other disabilities. As leaders in their field, they bring extensive experience and knowledge of disability, both personally and professionally, to business and organisations. To access the Resource Pack For Health…
The first human corneas have been 3D printed by scientists at Newcastle University. It means the technique could be used in the future to ensure an unlimited supply of corneas. Read the full press announcement
Moorfields have carried out 4,620 Corneal Collagen Crosslinking treatments and have recently published their results. View the results.
This Report on photochemical corneal collagen cross-linkage using riboflavin and ultraviolet A for keratoconus and keratectasia was issued in September 2013. Read Full Report
While there have been a number of studies demonstrating the effectiveness of CXL in adults and the procedure has been approved by NICE for use in the NHS, much less is known about the effectiveness of CXL in children.
A while ago I wrote this, just really to get it off my mind and keep it down to look back on in the future, but if my experiences can help just one other person feel a bit more at ease about the whole thing then even better. KC really disrupted my travel plans aha,…