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Dry eye syndrome (DES) and watering eyes

British Journal of Community Nursing, 2008
Dry eye symptoms and watering eyes increase with age and are relatively common among older people. The conditions cause distress which can be ameliorated if patients are advised appropriately. Accurate diagnosis of the underlying cause provides the basis for management.
Neill, Redmond, Alison, While
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Dry Eye Syndrome

Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy, 1997
Use of video display terminals (VDTs) is associated with a decreased frequency of blinking and an increased rate of tear evaporation. This leads to ocular fatigue (1), which is one of the major symptoms of dry eye (2). The causes or alterations in the normal tear film that lead to dry eye syndrome or keratoconjunctivitis sicca are given here, followed ...
S. P. Kulkarni, B. Bhanumathi, S. O. Thoppil, C. P. Bhogte, D. Vartak, P. D. Amin   +5 more
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The Dry Eye Syndrome

1981
A dry eye may be defined as the eye which exhibits an abnormal corneal epithelium secondary to an abnormal precorneal tear film (Baum, 1976). Such a broad clinical definition includes the etiological factors of tear film abnormalities due to deficiency of tear film composition, the corneal and conjunctival surface abnormalities, and the mechanical ...
P. C. Maudgal, L. Missotten
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Dry eye syndrome

Independent Nurse, 2010
A 60-year-old school administrator comes to see you complaining of dryness in her eyes. She also says they feel as if they are full of grit, particularly at the end of a working day. Her eyes appear normal on inspection.
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Understanding Dry Eye Syndrome

2002
It was my great pleasure to have had the opportunity to give the conference address in addition to being honored by the Professor Dohlman Award. I am proud of the progress in the understanding of dry eye that has been made over the past couple of decades. However, the clinical application of the knowledge that has accumulated lies in the future.
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Allergic conjunctivitis and dry eye syndrome

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2012
Allergic conjunctivitis (AC) and dry eye syndrome (DES) are 2 of the most common anterior inflammatory disorders of the ocular surface and one does not preclude the coexistence of the other.To examine the potential overlap between AC and DES as comorbidities.Using the validated questionnaire known as Subjective Evaluation of Symptom of Dryness, we ...
Milton M, Hom, Andrew L, Nguyen, Leonard, Bielory   +2 more
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Morphological changes in “Dry eye syndrome”

Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 1982
The authors present the pathologic changes of the conjunctiva in "dry eye syndrome". They state that stratification of the epithelial cells and microplicae, change in the goblet cell population, and inflammation of the basal tissue cannot be regarded as characteristic symptoms.
M, Török, I, Süveges
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Dry Eye Syndrome

2019
Dry eye syndrome (DES, also referred to as keratoconjunctivitis sicca, or KCS) is very common, affecting between 5% and 30% of the population. Symptoms range from occasional irritation to debilitating pain and visual compromise. Numerous studies have found that DES significantly affects patient’s quality of life.
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Ocular allergy and dry eye syndrome

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2004
Ocular allergy is a common clinical disorder that includes dry eye syndrome in its differential diagnosis. While ocular allergy treatments have continued to evolve since the early 1990s when the new prescription topical agents became available, there have been no major advances in the treatment of dry eye syndrome other than changes in the chemical ...
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Dry Eye Syndromes

International Ophthalmology Clinics, 1970
C H, Dohlman, M A, Lemp, F P, English
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