{"id":29,"date":"2013-08-29T09:41:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T09:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2015-07-23T13:43:11","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T13:43:11","slug":"causes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/causes\/","title":{"rendered":"KERATOCONUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/symptoms-and-causes\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/08\/normalandkconus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-991  alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/08\/normalandkconus-300x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"239\" height=\"177\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/08\/normalandkconus-300x222.png 300w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/08\/normalandkconus.png 501w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory corneal dystrophy in which the normally dome-shaped cornea bulges outward. Initially this causes what is termed irregular astigmatism, and is observed as a blurring of vision or glare and streaking of lights at night, but if the bulging continues, the cornea becomes progressively thinner and weaker&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/symptoms-and-causes\/\"><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/diagnosis-2\/\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000\">DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/11\/Munsons-Sign.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-375 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/11\/Munsons-Sign-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"Munson's Sign\" width=\"158.6\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/11\/Munsons-Sign-300x227.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/11\/Munsons-Sign-1024x776.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/11\/Munsons-Sign-624x473.jpg 624w, http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/files\/2013\/11\/Munsons-Sign.jpg 1624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Early visual symptoms of keratoconus prompt a patient to complain of a reduction in visual quality, which is not completely corrected, even with the use of new glasses.\u00a0 This causes frequent optical visits and changes in prescription \u2013 a result of the increasing irregular astigmatic changes underlying the disease, that are causing higher order aberrations which glasses will not correct&#8230;.<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/diagnosis-2\/\">Read more<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/useful-links\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">USEFUL LINKS<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">For useful links to sites dedicated to answering your questions on keratoconus click <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/useful-links\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYMPTOMS AND CAUSES Keratoconus is a non-inflammatory corneal dystrophy in which the normally dome-shaped cornea bulges outward. Initially this causes what is termed irregular astigmatism, and is observed as a blurring of vision or glare and streaking of lights at night, but if the bulging continues, the cornea becomes progressively thinner and weaker&#8230;.Read more &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":822,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-29","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3RmFt-t","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/822"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":993,"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/29\/revisions\/993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sites.cardiff.ac.uk\/ukcxl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}