People with trisomy 21, or Down syndrome, have a significantly elevated risk for keratoconus, with many reports citing a 30% ...

Measles can cause eye damage including corneal scarring, retinal damage, and damage to the optic nerve and visual cortex. There is no specific antiviral for measles, but the MMR vaccine is highly ...

In less severe situations, Redfern said you could end up with a scar on your cornea. “If that scar is in the center of your vision, that could affect your vision permanently, unless you get a ...

Most cases of HSK are due to reactivation of the virus from latency leading to recurrent bouts of corneal inflammation and scarring with progressive loss of vision. Replicating virus is required ...

The indication for insertion of ProKera was nonhealing corneal ulcers of infective origin ... vascularization, or scarring but no epithelial defect; stage 2: neurotrophic keratopathy with ...

Extensive work in New Zealand rabbits with corneal wounds that mimic post-ulcerative corneal scarring in humans 2 showed that Kuragenx could restore corneal health within a few months 3.

Corneal blindness is vision loss due to damage or scarring of the cornea, the eye's transparent outer layer. It can happen because of infections, injuries, and deficiencies like vitamin A.

The field of corneal tissue engineering has made many strides in recent years. The challenges of engineering a biocompatible, mechanically stable, and optically transparent tissue are significant.