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Author Re: Read The paranoia Report BEFORE you decide to have surgery
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2006-10-20, 2:30 am


Scott wrote:
> your pupil size has nothing to do with it.
> risk free?... maybe you should do your homework.
>
> "The refractive effect in OK is achieved by central epithelial thinning and this
> has raised concerns about compromise of the epithelial barrier to microbial
> infection."
> "Infectious keratitis is a severe complication associated with overnight
> orthokeratology lens wear."
> "CONCLUSIONS: Acanthamoeba keratitis is an emerging complication of
> orthokeratology in young myopes."
> "CONCLUSIONS: Changes in P. aeruginosa susceptibility to antibiotics under
> moderately hypoxic conditions and glycocalyx slime formation might affect the
> features of OK lens-associated infections."
> "CONCLUSIONS: Irregular corneal astigmatism significantly increased, even in
> clinically successful orthokeratology cases. The effect of the changes on visual
> function should be studied further."
> "The marked increases in albumin and LD suggest that the ocular surface is under
> additional hypoxic stress during overnight ortho-k lens wear."




I already know orthoK arent risk free but its ten to twenty times safer
than lasik. Funny you preach against orthoK when you had lasik yourself!

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