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A 30-year old asked:

Ulcerated cornea/surgery on eye. What can I expect?

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A 43-year old asked:

What are we talking about with cornea surgery to get better vision?

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A 37-year old female asked:

Any special care required after cornea replacement surgery?

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A 28-year old female asked:

My sis in law had a cornea eye surgery and she was told that she can't have any pain reliever it's been 1 week since the surgery?

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A 28-year old female asked:

I had cornea eye surgery 2 months ago on my left eye now my right eye keeps twitching why is that is it normal or should I be worried?

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A 28-year old female asked:

My sister in law had a cornea eye surgery it's been a week and the doctor told her not to sleep on the side of the eye that got the surgery?

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A 30-year old asked:

Is it possible to donate my corneas after lasik surgery or prk?

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A 37-year old asked:

Ulcerated cornea. Do i need surgery?

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A 30-year old asked:

I scratched my cornea, do I need surgery to fix it?

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A 48-year old asked:

In what way is the cornea cut in laser surgery?

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A 24-year old female asked:

Had a debridement surgery of cornea. Doc said my corneal layer became thick. I'm on now ointment and eye drop. Any advice for not getting it again? TY

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A 56-year old female asked:

I have thickening of the cornea and the cornea specialist stated that i can have surgery. Should I have the surgery?, minor symptoms.

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A 49-year old asked:

I've got thin corneas. Will i be qualified for prk lasik surgery?

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A 58-year old male asked:

Had ptosis surgery recently now found out I have mucus on my cornea what does that mean?

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A 23-year old female asked:

How to remove scarring from cornea from herpes zoster? Also, what type of vision correcting surgery can I do when I have herpes zoster (shingles)?

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A male asked:

What are some of the preparations needed for a corneal transplant? I have decided to undergo a corneal transplant to replace my damaged cornea. My donor has been found and my surgery date is coming up soon. What are some of the preparations I should do be

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A 26-year old male asked:

I will have to undergo on a cornea transplant in DALK next month, and I am a Rastafarian(so i smoke a joint a day ). How many days before the surgery should I quit? And for how long should I not smoke after the transplant?

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A male asked:

Is vision correction possible with implanted lenses that can reshape my corneas? I've read that there's now a vision correction surgery that can fix my extreme myopia by implanting a lens. How would this new lense compensate for my nearsightedness? What a

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A 25-year old female asked:

Hi its been 2 weeks I have had lasek eye surgery, and today I have noticed light redness to one side of the out line of my cornea.

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A 70-year old male asked:

Had a lens fragment removed after cataract surgery 4 weeks ago still have slight cornea swelling is it okay to retake a low dose of viagra?

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A 26-year old female asked:

I was told i cannot get lasik eye surgery because I have thin corneas. Are there other options?

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A female asked:

I had a DSEK surgery to get a premium IOL. The cornea slipped. A month later, after trying to "pull" it into place, it had wrinkles and I could not see. My doctor did another cornea transplant without any complications. Then I developed cystoid macular ed

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A 58-year old female asked:

I had cataract surgery and corneal transplant (dsek). The corneal slipped and a "refloat" was done. It had "scratched" from stretching the cornea and vision was blurred. How many corneal transplants can be performed on the same eye with positive results?

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A 40-year old asked:

Could an eye surgery such as a cornea transplant cause a lazy eye?

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A 30-year old male asked:

I had a eye injury from chemical explosion in 2007.this year, february i underwent a corneal transplant. The dr did not remove the entire damaged cornea, id like to know if i can still do anothr surgery to remove damaged cornea?

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A 31-year old male asked:

Eye surgery for congenital cataracts age 5. My iop now at 28 is usually 20-22 every year. However my cornea thickness is 585 and OCT is normal. I am at higher risk for glacial given the surgery but is that pressure concerning or not given my corneas?

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A member asked:

How can I correct my vision if my cornea is starting to get thin and long. I went to go see a doctor to see if lasik surgery would help correct my vision and he said that no because i was developing a condition on my left eye that is causing my cornea to

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A 19-year old female asked:

19 years old with a cornea scar on my left eye, they offered surgery at age 4 but parents refused. I'm almost blind now, can they do the surgery now?

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A 34-year old male asked:

I did refractive surgery for mild myopia - 2.0 on both eyes. Given my cornea was thin Trans PRK was used. The bandage lens removed at day 4 and everything was fine. At day 6 the doc said there was a small crack at the epithelialisation, should I worr?

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A male asked:

What are the alternatives to a corneal transplant? I have researched on the corneal transplant procedure but i would like to find alternatives that do not involve surgeries. Are any medications effective against improving my cornea? If so, how long will i

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