

Health Library
October 10, 2025
Question on this topic? Get an instant answer from August.
ʻO ka keratoconus kahi kūlana maka e holomua ai kahi e lahilahi ai kāu cornea a puka i waho i kahi ʻano cone. E noʻonoʻo i kāu cornea e like me ka ʻili maopopo, dome-shaped o kou maka e kōkua ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka mālamalama no ka ʻike maopopo.
Hoʻopili kēia loli mālie i ke ʻano i ke ala e komo ai ka mālamalama i kou maka, e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻike maopopo ʻole a me ka ʻike ʻino e ʻino ai i ka manawa. ʻOiai paha he weliweli ke kani o ka keratoconus, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i ka mea e hana nei a me ka ʻike ʻana i kāu mau koho lapaʻau ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻike hou aku i ka mālama ʻana i kēia kūlana.
Hana ʻia ka keratoconus i ka wā e nāwaliwali ai ka cornea poepoe, dome-shaped a hoʻomaka e puka i mua. Hana ʻia kāu cornea mai nā kaula liʻiliʻi o ka protein i kapa ʻia ʻo collagen, a i ka wā e nāwaliwali ai kēia mau kaula, ʻaʻole hiki i ka cornea ke mālama i kona ʻano kūpono.
Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia ke kūlana i nā maka ʻelua, ʻoiai hoʻokahi maka ka mea i hoʻopilikia nui ʻia ma mua o kekahi. Hoʻomaka pinepine ia i kou mau makahiki ʻōpio a i ʻole iwakālua a hiki ke holomua no 10 a 20 mau makahiki ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana.
ʻO ka mea maikaʻi, ʻaʻole pinepine ka keratoconus e hoʻopilikia i ka makapō piha. Me ka lapaʻau kūpono a me ka nānā ʻana, mālama ka hapa nui o nā kānaka i ka ʻike hana i ko lākou ola.
Hiki ke maalea nā hōʻailona mua o ka keratoconus a hiki ke manaʻo e pono wale nō ʻoe i kahi palapala hou o nā aniani. Eia ka mea āu e ʻike ai i ka holomua ʻana o ke kūlana:
Hoʻokomo pinepine ʻia nā hōʻailona mua:
I ka holomua ʻana o ka keratoconus, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Ke ulu mālie nei kēia mau hōʻailona, ʻo ia ke kumu i hala ʻole ai ke keratoconus i nā hoʻokolokolo maka maʻamau i kona mau wā mua. Inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi hui o kēia mau hōʻailona, pono ke kūkākūkā me kāu mea mālama maka.
Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke keratoconus ma muli o ka nui o ka loli ʻana o ka cornea a me kahi e hana ai. Ke hoʻomaopopo ʻia kēia mau hoʻokaʻawale ʻana e kōkua i kāu kauka e hoʻoholo i ke ala lapaʻau maikaʻi loa no kou kūlana kikoʻī.
Ma ka nui, ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia ke keratoconus e like me:
Ma ka wahi, hiki i ke keratoconus ke:
E hoʻohana kāu kauka maka i nā lako hana kūikawā e ana pono i kēia mau loli. Ke kōkua nei kēia hoʻonohonoho ʻana e wānana pehea e holomua ai kou kūlana a e alakaʻi i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole maopopo loa ke kumu kūpono o ka keratoconus, akā manaʻo nā mea noiʻi ua hopena ia mai ka hui ʻana o nā kumu genetic, kaiapuni, a me nā hana. Ke hilinaʻi nei ke ʻano o kou cornea i ka kaulike maikaʻi o nā protein a me nā enzyme, a i ka wā e haki ai kēia kaulike, hiki ke nāwaliwali.
He kuleana nui nā kumu genetic:
Hiki i nā kumu kaiapuni a me ke ola ke kōkua:
ʻO nā kūlana lapaʻau pili pū me:
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kaohi i nā kumu genetic, ke kōkua nei ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i kēia mau pilina i ka wehewehe ʻana i ke kumu e loaʻa ai i kekahi poʻe ka keratoconus ʻoiai ʻaʻole i loaʻa i nā poʻe ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea nui ka ʻike mua ʻana a me ka hoʻokele kūpono ke ʻike ʻia.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hōʻike maka inā ʻoe e ʻike ana i nā loli ʻike e pilikia ana i kāu mau hana i kēlā me kēia lā. Hiki i ka ʻike mua ʻana o ka keratoconus ke hana i kahi ʻokoʻa nui i ka hoʻokele pono ʻana i ke kūlana.
E hoʻonohonoho i kahi manawa inā ʻoe e ʻike:
E ʻimi koke i ka nānā ʻana o ke kauka inā loaʻa iā ʻoe:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mōʻaukala ʻohana o ka keratoconus, e haʻi aku i kāu mea mālama maka i ka wā o nā hoʻokolokolo maʻamau. Hiki iā lākou ke hana i nā hoʻokolohua kūikawā e nānā ai i nā hōʻailona mua ma mua o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā hōʻailona.
Hiki i kekahi mau mea ke hoʻonui i kou hiki ke loaʻa i ka keratoconus, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kumu pilikia e loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kūlana. Ke hoʻomaopopo nei i kēia mau mea e kōkua iā ʻoe a me kāu kauka e makaʻala no nā hōʻailona mua.
Makahiki a me nā demografia:
ʻOhana a me ka mōʻaukala genetic:
Nā kumu hana a me nā ʻano kūlohelohe:
Nā kūlana olakino e hoʻonui ai i ka pilikia:
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻololi i nā kumu genetic, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻemi i nā pilikia hiki ke kaohi ʻia ma ka pale ʻana i ka hamo nui ʻana i nā maka, ka mālama pono ʻana i nā allergies, a me ka pale ʻana i kou mau maka mai ka pōʻino UV.
ʻO ka hapa nui o nā kānaka me ka keratoconus e mālama i ka ʻike maikaʻi me ka mālama kūpono, akā he mea kōkua ke hoʻomaopopo i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa i ʻike ʻoe i nā mea e nānā ai. E nānā kāu hui mālama maka i kēia mau pilikia i nā nānā maʻamau.
Nā pilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana:
Nā pilikia ʻaʻole pinepine akā koʻikoʻi:
Nā pilikia maʻamau ʻole:
ʻO ke kī i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia, ʻo ia ka nānā mau ʻana a me ka hahai ʻana i kāu papa hana lapaʻau. Hiki ke hoʻokele pono ʻia ka hapa nui o nā pilikia ke hopu ʻia i ka wā mua, a he mea maʻamau ʻole nā pilikia koʻikoʻi me nā ʻano lapaʻau hou.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke pale aku i ka keratoconus loa, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kumu pilikia genetic, hiki iā ʻoe ke lawe i nā ʻanuʻu e hōʻemi i kou pilikia a hoʻomāmā i kona holomua. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa kēia mau hana palekana i ka pale ʻana i kou mau maka mai ka hōʻino ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i ke olakino maka holoʻokoʻa.
E pale i kou mau maka mai ka hōʻino ʻana:
E hoʻokele i nā kūlana kumu:
E mālama i ka mālama maka mau:
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka keratoconus, hiki i kēia mau hana like ke kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i kona holomua. ʻO ka hana palekana nui loa, ʻo ia ka pale ʻana i ka hamo ʻana i nā maka, ʻoiai hiki i kēia kaumaha mechanical ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka nāwaliwali o ka cornea.
ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka keratoconus, he mau hoʻokolohua kūikawā ia e ana ana i ke ʻano, ka mānoanoa, a me ke olakino o kou cornea. E hoʻohui kāu kauka maka i kēia mau hopena hoʻokolohua me kou mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau e hana i kahi hōʻoia pololei.
ʻO ka nānā mua e komo pū me:
Nā hoʻokolohua hōʻoia kūikawā:
Nā hoʻokolohua holomua i ka wā e pono ai:
ʻAʻole ʻeha kēia mau hoʻokolohua a hāʻawi i kāu kauka i nā ana pololei e hoʻonohonoho ai i kāu keratoconus a hoʻolālā i kahi lapaʻau kūpono. ʻO ka ʻike mua ma o kēia mau ʻano hoʻokolohua holomua e alakaʻi pinepine ana i nā hopena maikaʻi loa i ka wā lōʻihi.
ʻO ka lapaʻau ʻana i ka keratoconus e hilinaʻi ana i ka nui o kou kūlana a me kona hopena i kou ola i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻO ka pahuhopu, ʻo ia ka hāʻawi ʻana iā ʻoe i ka ʻike maopopo loa, ʻoluʻolu loa e hiki ke pale aku i ka holomua hou aku o ke kūlana.
Nā lapaʻau mua:
Nā lāʻau lapaʻau keratoconus holomua:
Nā koho lapaʻau holomua:
E hoʻopilikino ʻia kāu papa hana lapaʻau i kāu mau pono kūikawā a hiki ke loli e like me ka loli ʻana o kou kūlana. Loaʻa i ka hapa nui o nā kānaka ka ʻike maikaʻi me nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻole i ka ʻoki ʻana, a mālama ʻia nā koho ʻoki ʻana no nā hihia holomua hou aku.
ʻO ka mālama ʻana i ka keratoconus ma ka home e pili ana i nā maʻamau o kēlā me kēia lā e pale aku i kou mau maka a kākoʻo i kāu papa hana lapaʻau. Hiki i kēia mau hana mālama ponoʻī ke kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā ʻana i ka holomua a hoʻomaikaʻi i kou hōʻoluʻolu me ke kūlana.
Nā hana mālama maka o kēlā me kēia lā:
Ke hoʻokele ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole:
Nā hoʻoponopono no ke ola:
Ke nānā ʻana i kou kūlana:
E hoʻomanaʻo he hana maikaʻi loa ka mālama home ke hui pū ʻia me ka mālama lapaʻau ʻoihana. Ke kākoʻo nei kēia mau hana i kāu lapaʻau akā ʻaʻole ia e pani i ka nānā mau ʻana e kāu hui mālama maka.
Ke hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai keratoconus e kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mea nui loa mai kāu kipa a loaʻa i kāu kauka nā ʻike āpau e pono ai e hāʻawi i ka mālama maikaʻi loa. Hiki i kahi hoʻomākaukau iki ke hana i kāu hālāwai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ka hua.
E ʻohi i kāu ʻike lapaʻau:
E hahai i kāu mau hōʻailona:
E hoʻomākaukau i nā nīnau e nīnau:
E hoʻolālā no kāu kūkā:
Makemake kāu mea mālama maka e kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i ka ʻike maikaʻi loa, no laila mai kānalua e nīnau i nā nīnau a i ʻole e hōʻike i nā hopohopo i ka wā o kāu kipa.
He kūlana hiki ke hoʻokele ʻia ka keratoconus a maʻamau ʻaʻole ia e alakaʻi i ka makapō inā mālama pono ʻia a nānā ʻia. ʻOiai ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o kēia ʻike hōʻailona paha he mea kaumaha, ʻo ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana aia nā lapaʻau maikaʻi a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e mālama i ka ʻike hana maikaʻi e hāʻawi i ka hōʻoia.
ʻO ka mea nui loa i ka hoʻokele pono ʻana i ka keratoconus, ʻo ia ka ʻike mua a me ka mālama hoʻomau. Hiki i nā lapaʻau hou ke hoʻomāmā a hoʻopau paha i ka holomua, a hiki i nā koho hoʻoponopono ʻike like ʻole ke kōkua iā ʻoe e mālama i kahi ola hana, piha.
E hoʻomanaʻo ʻia e ʻokoʻa ka hopena o ka keratoconus i kēlā me kēia kanaka, a e hoʻopilikino ʻia kāu papa hana lapaʻau i kāu mau pono kūikawā a me ke ʻano o kou ola. ʻO ka hana pili pono me kāu hui mālama maka, ka hahai ʻana i kāu papa hana lapaʻau, a me ka pale ʻana i ka hamo ʻana i nā maka, ʻo ia nā kī i nā hopena maikaʻi loa.
E noʻonoʻo mau ʻoe i kou kūlana, akā mai waiho iā ia e hoʻoholo i kou mau palena. Nui nā kānaka me ka keratoconus e hoʻomau nei i ka hoʻokele, ka hana, ka pāʻani ʻana i nā haʻuki, a me ka leʻaleʻa ʻana i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka ʻike a me ka mālama kūpono.
ʻAʻole pinepine ka keratoconus e kumu i ka makapō piha. ʻOiai hiki iā ia ke hoʻopilikia nui i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike, nui nā kānaka e mālama i ka ʻike hana i ko lākou ola me ka mālama kūpono. ʻOiai i nā hihia koʻikoʻi, hiki ke hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ka ʻike me nā ʻano leki ʻike kūikawā a i ʻole nā kaʻina hana ʻoki. ʻO ke kī, ʻo ia ka hana pū me kāu hui mālama maka e ʻimi i ke ala lapaʻau kūpono no kāu kūlana kūikawā.
ʻAe, hiki i ka keratoconus ke holo i loko o nā ʻohana, ʻoiai ʻaʻole ia i hoʻoilina mau ʻia. Ma kahi o 1 i 10 mau kānaka me ka keratoconus ka mea i loaʻa iā lākou kahi lālā ʻohana me ke kūlana. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole hōʻoia ka loaʻa ʻana o ka makua a i ʻole ke kaikuaʻana me ka keratoconus e loaʻa iā ʻoe. ʻO ka mea paha, ʻo ka hopena o ka hui ʻana o nā kumu genetic a me nā hopena o ke kaiapuni e like me ka hamo ʻana i nā maka a i ʻole nā allergies.
Nui nā kānaka me ka keratoconus e hiki ke kau mau i nā leki ʻike, ʻoiai e pono paha ʻoe i nā ʻano kūikawā. ʻO nā leki permeable kinoea paʻa, nā leki hybrid, a i ʻole nā leki scleral pinepine ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā leki palupalu maʻamau no ka keratoconus. Hiki i kēia mau leki kūikawā ke hāʻawi i ka ʻike ʻoi aku ka maopopo ma ka hana ʻana i kahi ʻili maʻemaʻe ma luna o kou cornea kūpono ʻole. Hiki i kāu kauka maka ke kōkua i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i ke ʻano e hana maikaʻi loa no ʻoe.
ʻO ka maʻi keratoconus ka mea maʻamau e holomua wikiwiki loa i nā makahiki ʻōpio a me nā makahiki iwakālua, a laila pinepine e kūpaʻa i nā makahiki kanakolu a i ʻole kanakāhā. Eia naʻe, he ʻano like ʻole ka holomua ma waena o nā kānaka. Loaʻa i kekahi poʻe nā loli iki, ʻoiai ʻike kekahi i ka holomua nui aʻe. Hiki i nā lāʻau lapaʻau e like me ka corneal cross-linking ke kōkua i ka hoʻomāmā a i ʻole ke kāohi ʻana i ka holomua i nā hihia he nui. Kūkulu ka nānā mau ʻana i ka hahai ʻana i nā loli.
Hiki i ka hāpai ke hoʻoulu i ka holomua wikiwiki ʻana o ka keratoconus ma muli o nā loli hormonal a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hamo ʻana i nā maka mai nā maʻi ʻili a i ʻole nā maka maloʻo e pili ana i ka hāpai. Inā hāpai ʻoe a loaʻa iā ʻoe ka keratoconus, he mea nui ka hoʻomau ʻana i nā nānā maka maʻamau a pale aku i ka hamo ʻana i kou mau maka. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā loli e pili ana i ka hāpai he mau manawa wale nō, akā pono kāu kauka maka e nānā pono i kou kūlana i kēia manawa.
6Mpeople
Get clear medical guidance
on symptoms, medications, and lab reports.