KC INTACTS ON ULTIMATE SOLUTION
Posted: Wed 14 Nov 2007 2:27 pm
I HAVE TALKED TO DOCTOR AND I TOLD HIM FOR INTACS . HE TOLD ME THAT INTACS IS NOT FINAL SOLN. FOT IT ULTIMATELY CORNEA TRANSPLANT IS TO BE DONE.
slaich2000
Welcome to the forum. I am sorry that you have had such a negative experience with your doctor, but I am afraid that he may be right.
The truth is that we are all different. A successful intervention for one may not be successful for others. No therapy is offered as a "cure" for Keratoconus; they are all offered as various ways of managing the condition. The aim of each therapy; C3R, Intacs, ARC, Cornea Graft, contact lenses, is to manage our condition until another therapy is required.
It may be that some people who have INTACS will never need any other intervention. Some with have INTACS along with C3R. Some will wear contact lenses. Each may be held in a stable state with good enough sight for many years, but in the end there remains the possibility of the condition progressing so that another intervention is necessary.
Most people with KC never advance to the point where they need anything other than contact lenses. More and more people who would have used long term contact lenses are now having INTACS. Some of these may never need anything else; others certainly will.
All the best
Andrew