What Can You Do for Keratoconus?

So we have an interesting show today. I'm going to be counseling some parents who have a 16-year-old son who was diagnosed in his left eye with a condition called Keratoconus. Keratoconus is a bulging of the cornea. It's one of the most common corneal dystrophies out there. This creates a distortion of light that comes into the eyes and blurred vision. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. You can now text me! Text 'Join' to 1-844-932-1291 to join the community and ask a question! SUMMARY KEYWORDS keratoconus, cornea, eye, contact lens, scleral lens, called, corneal, cranial sacral therapy, left, kinds, topography, person, cranial, child, create, screen, talk, kids, spectrum disorder, brain Hello, everyone. It’s Dr. Sam. I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. Hey everybody, it's Dr. Sam, and I'd like to welcome you to another EyeClarity podcast. 00:08 So we have an interesting show today I'm going to be counseling some parents who have a 16-year-old son, and he was diagnosed in his left eye with a condition called keratoconus. keratoconus another way to describe that is a bulging of the cornea. It's one of the most common corneal dystrophy out there. What happens is the cornea begins to thin and there's a protrusion that takes on a conical shape. And this creates a distortion of light that comes into the eyes. That creates blurred vision. 00:58 A stigmatism, sometimes myopia 01:03 and the thing to note about the cornea is there are six layers of the cornea. And the cornea is made up of mostly a connective tissue called collagen. And I talk a lot about collagen and MSM. And 01:26 some of the reasons why keratoconus occurs is because there's a buildup of the fluid 01:34 and one of the layers of the the corneal layers, actually the Bowman's layer of the cornea. And this can create things like oxidative damage free radicals that start forming on the cornea. And some of the causes can be obviously genetics is a big piece. 02:02 Oxidative stress, as I said, inflammation, allergies. 02:08 Magnesium deficiencies is actually a big cause of keratoconus. Also, conditions like diabetes, thyroid imbalances, but basically the low magnesium level is one of the key issues. Down syndrome is another place that I've seen keratoconus, respiratory conditions like sleep apnea, asthma, and even other retinal conditions like retinitis pigmentosa or Leber's disease. If you do a lot of chronic rubbing, 02:46 this can 02:49 accelerate the keratoconus. So in this particular session, the parents be this is what happened, the parents took their son for the motor vehicles exam, you know, the eye test, and he couldn't see anything out of his left eye. And that was the first thing that 03:13 you know, the first time that they saw that this was going to be a problem. So they went to an ophthalmologist, and he diagnosed 03:23