Your cornea is the clear transparent film that covers your eye. It provides a vital protective layer to prevent germs and other foreign objects entering the eye.
It is dome shaped but if your corneal is slightly too domed or less domed then this change in shape can affect how you focus light onto the retina. This is a key contributor to long- or short-sightedness.
Corneal conditions usually are a result of something inhibiting, compromising or damaging the cornea. The cornea can repair itself, with support from eye drops or other aids, but in more serious cases, corneal grafts can replace all or part of the cornea with tissue from a healthy donor.
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A sight-threatening parasitic infection of the cornea
A scratch on the cornea
Replacing all or part of the cornea with healthy donor tissue
Chronic dry eye can indicate a corneal condition
An inherited eye condition where fluid accumulates in the cornea
Where the cornea thins causing a cone-like bulge.
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