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Patient DA

DA is a 13 year old boy, a very good student, who developed keratoconus when he was around 10 years of age. It progressed very quickly and quite soon he was unable to see well in spectacles. He was fitted for a time in RGP lenses but developed central scarring and started to lose tolerance. Eventually he gave up wearing lenses altogether, struggled to see with his spectacles and he was falling further and further behind at school. The only option open to him was to have corneal grafts.

When he was assessed for contact lenses, his acuity with glasses was only a very poor R&L 6/36 and he suffered from multiple images and monocular diplopia.

Topography: LE (Absolute)                                          RE (Absolute)

DA Topography

He was fitted with KeraSoft®3 lenses:

L: 8.00/14.50/-10.50/-5.00 x 4 L: 8.0/14.50/-12.50/-3.75 x 10

His acuity came up to R6/6 L6/6. He was absolutely thrilled with this, as were his parents. He is able to wear the lenses for 14 hours a day in a tropical climate and air conditioning.

Having the KeraSoft®3 lenses available in Definitive™ material has made an incredible difference to his life as, for him, there were no other options but to struggle to see with spectacles or go out of the country for expensive grafting. He is now able to continue his education and lead a normal life.

The pictures below show the left eye in 3D view before fitting with KeraSoft®3 and the same eye with KeraSoft®3 in situ. The improvement in shape can be easily seen.


3D View
LE 3D View                                                               LE with KeraSoft3 in situ

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