Do not rub your eyes excessively!

The eye disease keratoconus, which many people do not even hear, but is becoming increasingly common today, is seen in 3 out of every 1000 people in our country. One of the most important causes of the illness, especially among people aged 15-25, is the excessive rubbing of the eyes.

Keratoconus is defined as the thinning, dipping, or eruption of a transparent layer in the outermost environment of the eye.
If the disease is not treated or progress is not stopped, it can go to final blindness.



Although the reasons are not fully known, excessive rubbing of the eyes can lead to the development of this disease. "If you complain about eyeballs increasing rapidly in the last few days and wearing eyeglasses, often you do not see clearly, you have the benefit of bringing the possibility of keratoconus"

Especially, those who have a high number of eyeglasses and who have increased astigmatic fracture irregularities on every control examination are seen frequently.

Genetic inheritance, various systemic diseases or eye disorders can lead to this disease. There are current publications showing that eye rubbing in the cases of intense allergies during adolescence leads to the development of this disease. Especially in the case of dry eye syndrome, which is often accompanied by digital eye fatigue, which increases the use of computer for a long time, excessive rubbing of our eyes increases the risk of seeing this illness in the future "

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When keratoconus started at the age of 15 and showed rapid progress within 10 years
If you have a numbness of glasses between 18 and 25 years old in the case of people with normal refractive illness such as simple myopia, but if the progression continues after 25 years of age, this disease should be brought to mind. "If there is a fracture defect progressing especially after 18 years of age, If you can not get it right, you may have a keratoconus. If treatment is not initiated, the level of vision is gradually diminishing, and if progress is not stopped, it may lead to final blindness "