PMID: 8944193Nov 1, 1996Paper

Effect of the menstrual cycle on corneal curvature

Ophthalmic & Physiological Optics : the Journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists)
K M OliverR P Hemenger

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to determine if a clinically significant variation in corneal curvature occurs with the menstrual cycle. The EyeSys Corneal Analysis System (CAS) was used to measure corneal curvature of a test group of three normally menstruating female subjects over three cycles and compared with a control group of three males, for three pseudocycles of 28 days. Measurements were taken on days 1, 4, 8, 15 and 22 of each of three menstrual cycles, with four CAS images taken on each day. Four points (along 45, 135, 225 and 315 degrees) were selected for each of rings 1, 3, 6 and 8, and the average curvature for each of these rings was calculated. The results showed that no detectable temporal effect occurred with the menstrual cycle, thus demonstrating that either cyclic variation in corneal topography was too small to be identified by this system or it did not take place.

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