{"id":27838,"date":"2024-01-09T20:46:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/keratoconus-cornea-in-comparison\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T20:46:41","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:46:41","slug":"keratoconus-cornea-in-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/keratoconus-cornea-in-comparison\/","title":{"rendered":"Keratoconus &#8211; cornea in comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Healthy cornea  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A healthy cornea is characterized by<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smooth surface<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uniform corneal thickness<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uniform rounding in all directions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular corneal curvature  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular <a href=\"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/astigmatism\/\">astigmatism<\/a> is when the cornea is no longer uniformly rounded.<br \/>\nThe curvature of the cornea no longer resembles a ball, but rather an oval body.<br \/>\nSymptoms such as distorted vision can be compensated for with visual aids.  <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keratoconus  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/keratoconus\/\">Keratoconus<\/a> is a progressive disease.<br \/>\nThe irregular curvature of the cornea becomes visible during a corresponding examination: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flat cornea in the upper area<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Protrusion in the lower area  <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main symptom is a reduction in the quality of vision.<br \/>\nSymptoms include complaints regarding night vision, distorted vision or double and multiple images.<br \/>\nVisual aids can only provide relief in the early stages.  <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changes in corneal curvature  <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A change in corneal curvature is always a reason to look for the cause.<br \/>\nNormally, astigmatism remains the same from birth at any age.<br \/>\nIf several eye examinations have shown that there is a change, you should consult a specialist.  <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Healthy cornea A healthy cornea is characterized by Smooth surface Uniform corneal thickness Uniform rounding in all directions Regular corneal&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":23004,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[157],"class_list":["post-27838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faqs-en","tag-keratoconus-glossary"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}