Optometry

Cornea Disorders and Treatments

An eye disease that may result in permanent blindness. As a result, corneal disease is investigated in order to mitigate the disease, and methods such as contact lenses and vision correction are also used to cure vision-related problems, and surgical procedures such as corneal transplantation are used to transplant the cornea. The cornea and the focal point of the eye are manipulated to focus light on the retina, which is the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye. When light strikes the cornea, it twists or refracts the light as it approaches the focal point. The focal point refocuses that light onto the retina, where it is translated into vision. The retina converts light into electrical driving forces that travel through the optic nerve to the mind, where they are translated into pictures.

• Corneal transplantation
• Corneal neovascularization
• Corneal degeneration