{"id":27854,"date":"2024-01-09T20:58:24","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/keratoconus-during-pregnancy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-09T20:58:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:58:24","slug":"keratoconus-during-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/keratoconus-during-pregnancy\/","title":{"rendered":"Keratoconus during pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Changes in hormone levels can promote <a href=\"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/keratoconus\/\">keratoconus<\/a> and lead to a strong progression of keratoconus.<br \/>\nThis is not only evident during puberty, but also during pregnancy. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oestrogen concentration during pregnancy<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oestrogen levels increase enormously during pregnancy.<br \/>\nThe increase in the hormone ensures that the body is naturally prepared for pregnancy: the tissue becomes softer.<br \/>\nWhat is an advantage for childbirth can have a detrimental effect on existing keratoconus.<br \/>\nThe cornea also becomes softer, which can lead to a temporary or even permanent progression of keratoconus.   <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keratoconus and thyroid hormones<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The risk of corneal disease is increased in people with thyroid disorders.<br \/>\nThis is particularly the case if the thyroid gland is underactive.<br \/>\nThe reason for this is that there is said to be a connection between the endocrine system and the condition of the cornea.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During pregnancy, the thyroid gland produces fewer hormones.<br \/>\nRecent studies have shown that this has an influence on the cornea. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Changes in hormone levels can promote keratoconus and lead to a strong progression of keratoconus. This is not only evident&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":22995,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27854","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=27854"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27854\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eyelaser.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}