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أمراض القرنيةAugust 27, 20252 min read
What Is Keratoconus and How Is It Treated?
Is this how you see the world?
Keratoconus symptoms as you actually see them
Drag the divider to compare healthy vision with what a keratoconus patient sees. If the image looks like what you experience, it's time for a specialist diagnostic exam.
Normal vision
With keratoconus
Driving at night
Starbursts and halos around oncoming headlights — the earliest and hardest KC symptom
Read this text clearly
A healthy cornea is the key to clear vision
Read this text clearly
A healthy cornea is the key to clear vision
Normal vision
With keratoconus
Reading
Ghosting and double letters — as if every word is printed on top of itself
Normal vision
With keratoconus
Eye chart
Wavy, distorted letters — won't sharpen with regular glasses alone
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Early diagnosis halts corneal progression in 95% of cases
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