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You can consult other ophthalmologists for second opinions - Best Ophthalmologists in India. 

Try cold compresses or use some kind of lubrication such as eyedrops, but they will provide temporary comfort and only an ophthalmologist can decide otherwise what the next course of action should be, you can take second opinions from others however - Best Ophthalmologists in India.

Are you talking about eye floaters? The black or gray specks, strings, or cobwebs dominating your vision?

1. It could be age related changes induced in eyes, inflammation, bleeding to the eye & retina, or as a result of surgical complications and medicinal side effects affecting your eyes.
2. But no matter what the cause, for eye floaters treatment your options are either surgery or laser.
3. Make your doctor aware of all the medications that you take and if at all you have comorbidities. You can find them on our page - Ophthalmologists in India.

Let us know if you have any unaddressed query or if we misunderstood your condition.

Your keratoconus surgery options include the following typess of corneal transplant (that is a part of eye), depending on the location of bulging cone and severity of condition:

1. Penetrating keratoplasty: For corneal scarring or extreme thinning. Penetrating keratoplasty is a transplant of entire cornea. In this procedure, doctors remove a portion of your central cornea and replace it with the donor's tissue.
2. Deep anterior lamellar keratoplasty (DALK): Preserves the inner lining of the cornea (endothelium), but rest of cornea tissues are replaced. This helps avoid the rejection of this critical inside lining that can occur with a full-thickness transplant.

But this is based on our limited understanding, you can approach other doctors for second opinions - Ophthalmologists in India.

This is corneal burn which could be resulting from some chemical exposure or physical trauma. Please contact a specialist, our page may help you find one - Ophthalmologists in India.

Treatment for keratoconus depends upon the severity of your ailment and its progression. Usually, two approaches are deployed to handle keratoconus: slowing down the progression and increasing your vision.

If your keratoconus is mild or moderate, then depending on the extent of distortion and blurriness you experience, only lenses will be enough for managing your ailment:

• Hard contact lenses: Lenses that are rigid and don't change shape, they can accommodate your cornea.
• Soft contact lenses: Lenses that adjust according to your cornea in early stages.
• Hybrid contact lenses: Lenses with rigid center and soft outter rings.
• Piggyback lenses: hard lenses on top of soft, if rigid ones are too uncomfortable but if the shape of your cornea is progressively changing.
• Scleral lenses: unlike other lenses, they rest on the white part, so they spread over cornea without even touching it.

You can also go for corneal collagen cross-linking therapy, if your condition is progressively getting worse, and after that continue to wear lenses so as to manage this disease.

It prevents further change in corneal shape by saturating cornea with riboflavin eyedrops and treating it with ultraviolet light.

If your condition has become extreme, then cornea transplant surgery will be the final resort.

It can result in complications such as graft rejection, degenerated vision, infection and astigmatism. Astigmatism can be managed by wearing hard contact lenses however.

Refer our page to find the right specialist with cost-effective treatments - Ophthalmologists in India.

The degree of complexity, with regards to your refractive error, can affect the overall cost of surgery, so you may have to pay in the range of Rs 80,000 to 1,00,000.

You can refer our page to find doctors - Ophthalmologists in India.

With regards to LASIK surgeries, there are bladeless procedures that utilize femto laser to create the corneal flaps with more precision (than a blade would), and they either have a computerized or a manual tracking system in place, so as to observe the deliverance by lasers.

You also have Excimer Laser which can be used either after blade or Femto laser, so as to correct the spectacle power.

And then there are also surface laser procedures for people with thin corneas.

And you also have contoura vision, which is a more evolved version of lasik eye surgery.
A doctor would help explain these concepts and procedures much better, refer our page to find them - Ophthalmologies in Delhi.

We are aware of some types of intraocular lenses for cataract surgery as mentioned below:

• Fixed-focus monofocal: Characterized by single focus strength and only used for people with distance-based vision issues such as hyperopia or myopia.
• Accommodating-focus monofocal: Also characterized by single focus strength, but they give you the ability to shift focus on either near or distant objects by responding to your eye muscle movements.
• Multifocal: These are bifocal lenses, wherein different areas of the lenses will have different focusing strengths, thus enabling near, medium and far-sighted vision - they are customized to meet your specific vision-related needs, and wouldn't need adjusting.
• Astigmatism correction (toric): If you experience blurriness at any distance due to natural but uneven curves of the cornea of your eyes as well as its internal lens, then these lenses can help in vision correction.

Within the aforementioned lenses itself, you might find even more variations along the following lines:

• Material that they are made out of (plastic, acrylic or silicone).
• Ultraviolet light-blocking ability.
• Other features that can help in reducing incisions made to install these lenses, or which can also lower the number of stitches done so as to fix them

But with regards to this particular aspect, every hospital/clinic will have different options, so you need to enquire and find out for yourself - visiting hospital websites will help!

While not lens-specific charges, but the broader cost of this operation will fall somewhere in the range of Rs. 2,00,000 to Rs. 2,41,000.

We will advise you to discuss additional features and their impact on the overall cost of surgery, also their benefits as well as risks, with your doctor. But if you want to find more hospitals just to know about how they approach this surgery, then our following page might help - Eye Centers in Hyderabad.

Let us know if you have any other doubt or query!

While we do not provide such treatments ourselves, but you can refer this page to find doctors who will provide treatment with the best possible outcome - Ophthalmologists in India.

On our end however, we feel that it's our responsibility to educate you on some important aspects related to it:

• Side effects include:
  • Your eyes being itchy, gritty, and watery.
  • Your eyes burning and aching.
  • Blurred vision.
• Be cautious of the risks that can ensue:
  • Deteriorated vision quality.
  • Correction surgeries due to removal of too little or too much of tissues during surgery.
  • Vision loss and/or dry eyes.
  • Vision going back to how it was pre-surgery.
• You are an eligible candidate for this treatment if you:
  • Don't have dry eyes, eye infection, retinal issues, large pupils, thin cornea, etc.
  • Have poor vision (as long as it's not caused by age-related changes/medications/hormonal changes).
  • Have extreme nearsightedness.
  • Don't have an autoimmune disorder or weakened immune system.
• Some pre-treatment measures to keep in mind:
  • Avoid eye makeup and eye lenses few weeks before surgery, use glasses instead (doctor will inform).
  • Inform surgeon of your medical history/family history/supplements & medications.
• Post-treatment care:
  • Use medications and eye drops as advised by the surgeon.
  • Avoid certain activities which could strain your eyes (doctor will inform).
• Rough estimate of the treatment cost (can vary depending on various factors):
  • Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 1,00,000.
    To understand the cost break up, advantages, disadvantages, and process, we implore you to give our blog a read - Lasik Eye Surgery.

Let us know if you have any other query, and do tell us if you have location-based requirements to undergo this surgery, take care!

Also discuss with doctors their experience with past patients & success rate, how they will perform this surgery, and what kind of risks can likely occur and how they will be liable or what options you will have to overcome risks or undesired results.

• ICL stands for implantable collamer lens (ICL), this artificial lens is permanently fitted inside the eye, and can work effectively for people with: myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism.
• Somethings to know about this implant surgery:
  • It can correct nearsightedness.
  • It can be reversed (in other words these lens can be removed if your son doesn't gets used to them).
• Be aware of risks associated with this surgery, if these implants are not fixed properly then the surgery can lead up to:
  • Eye disease (glaucoma, cataracts)
  • Vision loss or blurred vision
  • Detachment of retina
• While the common side effects are: pain & discomfort
• Your son may be prone to risks if he's:
  • on a course of medicines related to vision problems
  • affected by some condition that inhibits healing of wounds
  • fails to meet minimum requirements of endothelial cell count (doctor will inform)
• Note: 7 and 8 is too far from zero and may mean that an individual is already at risk of retinal issues, so please put this across to the surgeon and know how prepared they are to handle any resulting consequences.
  Also discuss in advance, regarding what kind of risks will they compensate and in what manner.

Discuss with doctor at length, your son's health conditions & family history, pre-operative measures, post-operation care, his own experience and success rate with past patients.

Also consult other specialists if you need more guidance and/or options - Ophthalmologists in India.

Let us know if you have location specific requirements to find doctors, or if you have any other doubt, take care!

From what I understand, one of the pupils in your child's eye is smaller, this condition is known as Anisocoria, and it's causing him to have vision issues, so for this we will recommend that you visit a specialist.
While the pupils will remain just the way they are, but the vision-related issues can be fixed, refer our page - Pediatric Ophthalmologists in Mumbai.

Let us know your city for better recommendations, and drop us a message anytime you have any doubt!

• Glaucoma:
  • Is a group of eye-related ailments that damage the optic nerve, which is crucial for optimal vision. This damage often results from abnormally high pressure in the eye, and can potentially lead up to blindness as well.
  • The damage caused by this ailment cannot be reversed, but regular checkups & treatments can either slow down the progress of damage, or prevent further loss from taking place.
     
• The aim is to reduce his eye pressure which is causing vision loss and optic nerve damage, so your grandfather has the following options:
  • Prescription eyedrops, oral medicines, laser treatment, and surgery.
     
• To know more about surgery, laser, and other minimally invasive treatments, read ahead:
  • Laser therapy/trabeculoplasty: The doctor uses a small laser beam to open clogged channels causing intraocular pressure.
  • Filtering surgery/trabeculectomy: The surgeon makes an incision in the white of the eye (sclera) and removes part of the tissue which causes intraocular pressure.
  • Drainage tubes: The surgeon inserts a small tube shunt in patient's eye and drains out excess fluid to decrease eye pressure.
  • Minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS): a set of minimally invasive techniques to lower the eye pressure.
    There are several MIGS techniques, and the doctor will discuss.
     
• We recommend adopting these lifestyle modification tips from our side, for life long, as this disease may not necessarily get cured:
  • Dietary changes promote eye health: Eat food with the appropriate quantity of zinc, copper, selenium, and antioxidant vitamins C, E, and A.
    For better guidance - Dietitian/Nutritionists.
  • Avoid: Caffeine & beverages.
  • Sleep: While sleeping your head should be elevated. Using a wedge pillow helps, ensure that head is slightly raised about 20 degrees.
     
• For more details, visit - Ophthalmologists.
  Question them along these lines:
  • Common side effects and risks
  • Correction course for unwanted outcomes & compensation
  • Pre-operative measure & post-operation care
  • Candidate eligibility criteria for each treatment

Let us know if you have any other doubt, and do let us know if you prefer specialists providing services in a different city, take care!

Our estimated cost range of this treatment mentioned below (actual cost may exceed the given range owing to certain factors):

• Rs. 20,000 to Rs. 1,00,000.
• To understand the price breakdown, advantages, disadvantages, and more about this process in detail, we implore you to read our blog - Lasik Eye Surgery.
• Also, we do not provide any medical/surgical treatment ourselves, you may refer our page to find doctors who will - Ophthalmologists in India.
   

Let us know if you have any other doubt, and do tell us if you have city-based requirements to undergo this surgery, take care!

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Let us know if you have any other doubts, take care!