how to protect eye from blindness

skirmante · Post by **skirmante** » 2007-01-23, 14:44

Hello,
2 years ago was made first transplantation of cornea and after some time was rejection. In 2 years was made 8 operations. Result - blind with one eye. Other eye is with I-II stadium of keratokonus. How to save seeing? To take risk and do transplantation?

andreas · Post by **andreas** » 2007-01-23, 21:55

Hello,

do you know if your doc(´s) used transplants with HLA-matching?

If no: why not?

And if yes, what are causes for this complette immunological failure of matched transplants?

Regards, Andreas

PS: ..... and what about cross linking to save seeing?

skirmante · Post by **skirmante** » 2007-01-24, 15:23

Hello Andreas,
Thank You for answer.
As my brother told, his doctor used maching transplant. To check information is impossible. Doctor dont show data about transpalnts.
The couses: infections and dissolving of cornea, performation.
And the same ploblem with other eye.

Best Regards,
Skirmante

floeru · Post by **floeru** » 2007-01-24, 18:44

But why are you blind now on the one eye? Because of the cornea ore something else? The retina maybe?

What is your vision on the other eye? I would avoid a transplantation if you had a rejection. If possible, Corne Cross Linking would help to stop keratoconus!

andreas · Post by **andreas** » 2007-01-25, 00:59

Hello skirmante,

could it may be a way for your brother to go to another clinic somewere in europe? with may more expert knowledge in those special cases?

...and like floeru wrote: what about cross linking?

Regards, Andreas

skirmante · Post by **skirmante** » 2007-01-25, 14:56

Dear Floeru and Andreas,
Blind on one eye because of the complications. The last operation was made 2007-01-02 and they took out eye. In the resulting deduction before operation – blindness, perforation, glaucoma and something more..
As i know, vision with other eye is 0,6. Recently he feels pain in this eye. He refuses to do any operation.
Im looking for clinic in West Europe. Dortmund‘s clinic suggests cross linking too.
Maybe someone can tell me more about corne cross linking.. Is it fail-safe..?
Thanks,
Skirmante

thorsten.bischof · Post by **thorsten.bischof** » 2007-01-25, 21:55

Hello skirmante,

I think Prof Kohlhaas in Dortmund is an great expert for these special Problems.

8 weeks ago I had a cross Linking. Now I can see better and the Keratokonus has stopped. Before the crosslinking I could see the changes on a Pentscan

Thorsten

andreas · Post by **andreas** » 2007-01-27, 17:41

Hello skrimante,

.... nothing is fail-safe! particularly not in stopping keratoconus!

But to make the most of this situation it could be a way to find a clinic who could be able to allow for all possibilities. Their doc´s have to appreciate the difference between "cross linking, transplantation (and immunological complications), intra cornea rings/lens, ARK, mini-ARK, etc." for this special case .

In this forum are many persons concerned and treated with one method - but only a few with more then one operation.

....so on ....? OK: What next?

May you will find a way (not very realistic, but may possible) to activate more then only one doc - 1x x-Linking, 1x transplantation, 1x ARK - for this special medical examination.

This will be a pretty difficult problem to bring more then one medical expert together "at the same place at the same time" - but if there is only one chance for the future it would may be a better way in contrast to see one doc after another (after that you will may have three different results).

Regards, Andreas

skirmante · Post by **skirmante** » 2007-02-01, 07:49

Hello,
Thanks for advices.

Regards from Kaunas!

Skirmante