New Hope for a Frustrating Problem Keratoconus patients are among the most challenging to successfully manage. Estimates of the incidence of keratoconus range from one in every 500 people to one in every 2000. The condition affects men and women of all ethnicities and backgrounds. Keratoconus occurs more frequently in allergy sufferers, people of Persian descent, and people with Down s syndrome. The symptoms of keratoconus usually surface in people in their later teens and early twenties.
Contact lenses can provide significant vision improvement for many patients.
Until now, it was challenging and time consuming to fit keratoconus patients with rigid lenses. The launch of Epicon makes fitting keratoconus patients simpler and less time consuming. Epicon worked marvelously for a patient I have who is a farmer. He has unilateral keratoconus and works about 60 hours each week on his farm. Eyeglasses won t didn t work for him, and he isn t a good candidate fordid not do well with RGP lenses because the dust and wind caused him extreme discomfort, said Dr. DePaolis.