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Can you use scleral lenses for sports vision?

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Topography of keratoconus patient’s right eye

Thank you Dr. Jen Burke for your kind referral!

Dr. Burke sent a 17 year old patient to use for a corneal consultation. Even though the patient can see 20/20 with glasses, he reports seeing "lines" in his vision when he looks at a light source, especially at night.

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Topography of keratoconus patient’s left eye

A topography was taken of each eye, and you can see that both eyes exhibit irregular astigmatism. The left eye has more irregularity than the right eye. The steeper area on the left eye is also displaced nasally, so as the pupil gets bigger at night, it gets into the steeper shape, which can cause even more distortion.

As a hobby, he races formula drift, so his visual quality is very important.

With glasses, he can achieve 20/20 in the right eye and 20/30+2 in the left eye. He reports that the letters on the left eye appear more blurry and distorted.

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Photo of patient’s right eye

His pachymetry readings do not show a super thin cornea, which is great news.

We trialed the Europa scleral lens today, to see if it improved his visual quality. With an over-refraction, he could see 20/15 in the right eye and 20/15 in the left eye. He noticed the distortion was gone in the left eye, too.

We decided that the Latitude custom scleral lens would offer him the best vision and comfort, so we took 3D images of both eyes today. That information was sent to the lab and will be used to design custom fit lenses for each eye.

We are hoping that scleral lenses will help him see better and help with some of the visual disturbances. Looking forward to seeing him at his dispense appointment next week!

Thanks again Dr. Burke for thinking of us!

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