In 2016, the FDA approved corneal collagen cross-linking to halt the progression of keratoconus. In most people the disease stabilizes after a few years without severe vision problems. As the disease progresses, special contact lenses (such as scleral contact lenses) may be required. Initially the condition can typically be corrected with glasses or soft contact lenses. Keratoconus causes very distinctive changes in the appearance of these maps, which allows doctors to make the diagnosis. Topography measures the curvature of the cornea and creates a colored "map" of the cornea. The underlying mechanism involves changes of the cornea to a cone shape. Proposed environmental factors include rubbing the eyes and allergies. Patients with a parent, sibling, or child who has keratoconus have 15 to 67 times higher risk in developing corneal ectasia compared to patients with no affected relatives. While the cause is unknown, it is believed to occur due to a combination of genetic, environmental, and hormonal factors. In more severe cases a scarring or a circle may be seen within the cornea. This may result in blurry vision, double vision, nearsightedness, irregular astigmatism, and light sensitivity leading to poor quality-of-life.
Keratoconus ( KC) is a disorder of the eye that results in progressive thinning of the cornea. We realize, even today, outreach remains one of the main areas of concern in healthcare sector which can aptly be addressed by our mobility device and people in need can be brought within the much-needed ambit of care.Blurry vision, nearsightedness, light sensitivity We at Pellucid Healthcare Networks are treading fast on our mission to eliminate avoidable blindness.
For those who are in haste and are not visiting vision centers, eye health care workers shall meet them with mobility devices to conduct their vision acuity checks and registrations at their lunch/ tea break joints.Truckers can visit vision centers for their eye screening.Vision centers equipped with Pellucid Mobility will be set up along the Golden Quadrilateral.Proposed flow of this mass eye screening program:
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The ambitious National Trucker’s Program, RAAHI, becomes all the very significant for the fact that it is designed to conduct screening camps along the Golden Quadrilateral, connecting Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi and Mumbai and aims to reach out to 500,000 truck drivers and helpers while they are on their move to their destinations.
The initiative is named “RAAHI- Road Safety and Assurance by Healthy Eyes.” Sightsavers, one of the leading development organizations is working globally against avoidable blindness, has launched India’s biggest eye health screening program for truck drivers’ community. Breaking the barriers of unawareness, apprehensions and affordability, Sightsavers’ are now making eye health care available on the go, along the highways with Pellucid Healthcare’s very innovative outreach device Pellucid Mobility.
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