https://corneanews.com/2011/02/22/keratoconus-and-eye-rubbing-which-came-first/ My Journey from Diagnosis to Corneal Graft and Beyond Fri, 29 Jul 2016 16:29:48 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://corneanews.com/2011/02/22/keratoconus-and-eye-rubbing-which-came-first/#comment-75 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 17:46:38 +0000 http://corneanews.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-75 […] now.    I think the Restasis is helping my grafted eye stay less itchy than my ungrafted one.  Eye rubbing has been partially implicated as a cause for Keratoconus, so those of us who suffer with allergies […]

]]> https://corneanews.com/2011/02/22/keratoconus-and-eye-rubbing-which-came-first/#comment-74 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:36:38 +0000 http://corneanews.wordpress.com/?p=140#comment-74 I used to itch my eyes all the time:
1) My family had a cat and I’m allergic to furry animals.
2) I liked itching them because when you rub them enough you start to see colours and patterns kind of like a kaleidoscope affect.
It was really stupid but when you’re a little kid you don’t think about stuff like that, I’d never even heard of the disease before I was diagnosed.
I never thought about “eye rubbing” being a factor until I read up about Keratoconus after I was diagnosed. Then it hit me that I always used to do that + I have allergies and Asthma.

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