WELCOME BACK.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR EYES YOU
DON'T WANT TO MESS AROUND WITH
TREATMENT.
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE EXPERTS HERE
TO TALK ABOUT A NEW PROCEDURE
THAT IS ONLY DONE AFTER CLINIC
IN JACKSONVILLE.
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME DRLACASTA
WITH THE ATLANTIC EYE INSTITUTE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THIS
PROPRIETARY BEFORE THE SHOW.
-- PROCEDURE BEFORE THE SHOW.
ONLY ONE FDA APPROVAL HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE.
I'LL START OUT WITH QUESTIONS.
I'M REALLY HAPPY YOU'RE HERE TO
SHED LIGHT ON THIS.
KARAKONUS.
>> IT'S NON-INFLAMMATORY AND
INVOLVES THE CORNEA WHICH IS THE
CLEAR WINDOW OF THE EYE.
IT'S INHERITED IN SOME
SITUATIONS AND PARTS OF THE
NOT.
IT'S CHARACTERIZED BY A
PROGRESSIVE DEGENERATION OF THE
CORNEA THAT CAUSES AN
IRREGULARTY.
IT STARTS IN PUBERTY AND RUNS
THROUGH ADULTHOOD AND CAN REST
AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND BE SO
SEVERE AT TIMES PATIENTS CAN NO
LONGER WEAR GLASSES OR CONTACT
LENSES AND REQUIRE CORNINAL
TRANSPLANT SURGERY.
>> SO AT WHAT STAGE OF YOUR
LIFE SHOULD YOU GET YOUR EYES
CHECKED OUT?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE THAT TO
DR. HANK.
>> WE RECOMMEND CHILDREN BE
EXAMINED ON A REGULAR BASIS BUT
AS ADOLESCENCE CHANGED A LOT OF
THINGS CAN CHANGE IN THE CORNEA
A PROGRESSIVE THINNING OF THE
CORNEA.
YOU CAN HAVE VISUAL DISTORTION
AND AT LIGHTS SEEING MULTIPLE
LIGHTS.
THIS CAN CAUSE A LOT OF VISUAL
STATIC AS WE CALLIT.
>> TREATMENT LIKE CONTACT
LENSES AND GLASSES WE CAN SEE.
CONSIDERED ONE IN TWO THOUSAND.
SOMETIMES MORE THAN THAT.
ESPECIALLY MEASURING THE SURFACE
OF EYES WE'RE PICKING IT UP
EARLIER.
WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THOSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE A THINNING OF THE
CORNEA AND START THE TREATMENT
VITAMIN B-2, THIS IS AN FDA
APPROVED THING.
AND EXPOSING THE EYE TO THE
LIGHT FOR 25 TO 45 MINUTES AND
THE GOAL IS TO ARREST THE
PROGRESSION OF THINNING.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE FDA
APPROVAL.
OBVIOUSLY IT'S SO IMPORTANT.
WHAT DO THE TRIALS LOOK LIKE?
>> THIS IS DONE IN EUROPE FOR A
LOCK LONG TIME -- LONG LONG
TIME.
THE FDA SET THE BAR A LITTLE
HIGHER HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE.
IT VERY VERY -- STUDIES
STANDARDIZED AROUND THE COUNTRY
LOOKING AT THE METRICS OF WHAT
THE PROPRIETARY SOLUTIONS AND
SAME UVA LIGHT EXPOSURE
>> HOW DOES SOMEBODY KNOW IF
THEY HAVEKARAKAPONICS?
>> SEVERAL TESTS.
ONE IS MAPPING WHICH WE SHOWED
ON THE SCREEN WITH THE SHAPE OF
THE CORNEA AND ELITS US
ABOUT -- TELLS US ABOUT THE
IRREGULARTIE
WE LOOK AT DISTORTIONS OF THE
RETINA.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
COMPLAIN ABOUT DRIVING AT NIGHT.
IS THAT ONE OF THEM YOU HEAR
ABOUT A LO
THE REAL KEY IS RECOGNIZING THE
PEOPLE THAT CAN NO LONGER BE
CORRECTED AND THEIR CORRECTIONS
ARE CHANGING MORE RAPIDLY.
OF SYMPTOMS OUT THERE.
THE BEST THING TO DO IS TAKE
ACTION.
AND CONTACT THE ATLANTIC EYE
INSTITUTE.
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