…poorly fitted contact lenses and chronic eye irritation.
Treatments for moderate keratoconus include:
- Custom soft contact lenses
- Gas permeable contact lenses
- “Piggybacking” contact lenses
- Hybrid contact lenses
- Scleral and semi-scleral lenses
- Intacs
- Corneal crosslinking
- Topography-guided conductive keratoplasty
- Corneal transplant
But, it’s important to note that as the disease progresses and the cornea thins and becomes increasingly more irregular in shape, glasses and regular soft contact lens designs no longer provide adequate vision correction.
“Mr. Cosby has suffered from a degenerative eye condition for years which has steadily worsened recently to the point that he is for over a year has been legally and functionally blind,” said Pressley.