Keratoconus Awareness Society of Malaysia

Keratoconus Awareness Society of Malaysia Keratoconus Keratoconus is a Progressive Corneal Thinning and Degenerative Eye Condition which gradually leads to Blindness.

The Society shall provide a platform where awareness and visual rehabilitation can save many young people from blindness through early detection and diagnosis with the latest technology and the ophthalmic and medical services provided by the society.

10/04/2012

Near Future: New studies to compare normal Malay, Indian and Chinese school students between the ages of 12-17years of age will be done, in their genotyping, as compared to Keratoconus patients between the same age. It is hoped that some features concerning differences in racial upbringing and habits will also help to define aetiopathogenesis of Keratoconus resulting from comparative studies of this kind. JPD

23/11/2011

We are the International Keratoconus Foundation, Supporting Keratoconus Research, Education, Advocacy, and Service., Keratoconus, Keratoconus, Keratoconus, Keratoconus, Welcome to Keratoconus Global Support

16-10-11 KERATOCONUS SCREENING CONTINUES IN MALAYSIA AT PANTAI HOSPITAL, PORT KLANG
18/11/2011

16-10-11 KERATOCONUS SCREENING CONTINUES IN MALAYSIA AT PANTAI HOSPITAL, PORT KLANG

SHOULD CROSSLINKING BE DONE FOR KERATOCONUS CASES AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY (PK) ?CASE 1:(ABIE)EARLY RECURRENCEAbie...
18/11/2011

SHOULD CROSSLINKING BE DONE FOR KERATOCONUS CASES AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY (PK) ?

CASE 1:(ABIE)EARLY RECURRENCE
Abie , a 19year old Indian boy presented with Acute Hydrops in his right eye in 2008.
His left eye had advanced progressive Keratoconus. Both eyes were treated with Crosslinking, after the Hydrops had been treated and subsided. His left eye could be fitted with a Rigid Gas Permeable Keratoconus lens. His vision was 6/12. Right eye was subjected to PK. It gave him good vision for about one year. He next presented with a recurrence of Keratoconus in September 2011 and early Hydrops again. . He was treated and then croslinked . His vision improved and he is still on followup.

CASE 2:( JOHAN) LATE RECURRENCE
Johan was a middle-aged Malay man with Bilateral Keratoconus. 15 years ago, he had had a PK on his right eye., and since then he was told and assumed that he had an Ambylopia in that eye. His both eye were crosslinked, after it was diagnosed he actually had a recurrence of Keratoconus on his operated eye.
Post CXL, he vision was improved to 6/18 in the right and 6.9p on the left.
These two cases also illustrate the superior quality of vision attained when patients are fitted with Keratoconus RGPs which have special curvatures to fit their highly irregular corneal surfaces.

THE QUESTION NOW IS WHETHER OPHTHALMOLOGISTS SHOULD BE PROACTIVE IN FUTRUE, AND DO CROSSLINKING AFTER PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY

Since May 2010 the University of Malaya, Dept of Molecular Biology has started Keratoconus Screening and Genetic Studies...
18/11/2011

Since May 2010 the University of Malaya, Dept of Molecular Biology has started Keratoconus Screening and Genetic Studies.

2 screening programs were done in Klang , and this year 2 have been done in Ipoh and Penang. The team from University is headed by Prof MaryAnne Tan and Dr Rozaida Poh in collaboration with Dr Jenny P Deva.

In Ipoh the screening was done at the Ipoh Specialist Hospital in collaboration with Dr Lam F**k Shim. In Penang it was held at the Adventist Specialist Hospital in collaboration with Dr Tah Kheng Soon.

The team included 2 nurses ,2 BSc students and one technician.

The EYE represents the “Coned” Eye of the Keratoconus Patient which needs to be corrected or treated and visually rehabi...
18/11/2011

The EYE represents the “Coned” Eye of the Keratoconus Patient which needs to be corrected or treated and visually rehabilitated through medical devices like gas permeable contact lenses, or surgically treated by Cross-Linking, Corneal transplant or other techniques.

The HAND represents the Help that can be given by the Keratoconus Society of Malaysia, through its programs and aid and support from the community and the
public.

The YELLOW RAYS depict how through the Society’s awareness and screening programs many yet undetected Keratoconus patients will be enabled to see

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