International Keratoconus
Academy
Of Eye Care Professionals

Dr. Charles McMonnies has studied the issue of intraocular pressure and the impact of scleral lenses. Here is an editorial he recently had published that reviews and summarizes the implications. It is highly informative and insightful. Our members should keep these points in mind when managing our keratoconus patients with scleral lenses who also may have ocular hypertension.

Three members of the executive board on IKA recently published an editorial in the journal Vision Rehabilitation and Development. They promote the concept of screening for keratoconus in the pediatric population. They justify the screening based on the impact of keratoconus on patient’s vision and quality of life and the fact that we now have technologies to diagnose the disease early in its development and technologies able to halt the progression of the disease.