Treatment for vernal kerato conjuctivitis (VKC)

[VishwaSanap]

I am from India. I am suffering from VKC since age 15. Today i am 27. Still my eyes go red. itching and feeling of     dryness and heat is there. Recently Its been diagosned that i am suffering from VKC. I have been taken to 5 different eye specialists for last 12 years. Since last year i am taking treatment at L V parsad hospital hyderabad. but i could not get exact cure as if i expect the problem to get cured within a year atleast. If someone can help me with this i will be really greatful towards them.

[John C Hagan III, MD, FACS, FAAO]

vernal keratoconjunctivitis (VKC) is a chronic problem an one speaks more of control than cure. Standard treatment is carefully monitored steroid eye drops. Lubricants (artificial tears)   resistant cases have sometimes responded to Restasis (cyclosporine.

JCH MD