Open AccessAwareness level of general population regarding keratoconus in Aseer region, Southern of Saudi Arabia
Author(s) -
Abdulrahman Alamri,
Ali Saleh Alshamrani,
Anas Ali Abo Tamraa,
Sultan Alqahtani,
Khalid Mohammed L. Alotaibi,
Khalid Hussein Almutairi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1212_20
Subject(s) - keratoconus , medicine , population , ethnic group , optometry , ophthalmology , demography , family medicine , cornea , environmental health , sociology , anthropology
Keratoconus (KC) is a non-inflammatory disease occur to the cornea and cause it to be thin and progressively bulge it into a cone shape which result to blurred vision secondary to irregular astigmatism, frequently eyeglass changing and increase the sensitivity to the bright light, occur usually at second decade of life and stops progressive after fourth decade of life. keratoconus is unknown in aetiology but is a multifactorial disease in causes which divided into genetic and environmental factors, the genetic factors as if patient under ethnic with high prevalence and family history with keratoconus or Atopy.