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Menopause and Dry Eye Syndrome
Nursing for Women's Health, 2019Dry eye syndrome is a common ophthalmic complaint. Women, especially menopausal women with comorbidities, are at greater risk for developing dry eye syndrome and subsequent negative effects on their overall eye health. In this article, I review the anatomy and physiology of the ocular surface of the eye, pathophysiology of dry eyes and its ...
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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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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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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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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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Allergic conjunctivitis and dry eye syndrome
Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 2012Allergic 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 +2 more
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Morphological changes in “Dry eye syndrome”
Graefes Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 1982The 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 in Diabetic Children
European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007PurposeTo compare the symptoms, signs, and results of objective tests for dry eye syndrome (DES) in type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) patients and controls.MethodsA total of 104 children with T1DM and 104 age- and sex-matched controls were compared in terms of the symptoms, signs, and results of objective tests for DES.
A, Akinci, E, Cetinkaya, Z, Aycan
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Ocular allergy and dry eye syndrome
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2004Ocular 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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International Ophthalmology Clinics, 1970
C H, Dohlman, M A, Lemp, F P, English
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C H, Dohlman, M A, Lemp, F P, English
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Micropachometric Differentiation of Dry Eye Syndromes
1994More than 100 years ago Helmholtz1 noted that any alteration of corneal physiology results in a change in corneal thickness. These changes are dependent not only on aging, refractive errors and the multitude of endogenous and exogenous factors but also on the status of the preocular tear film.2 ...
H W, Roth, D L, MacKeen
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Novel treatments for dry eye syndrome
Current Opinion in PharmacologyDry eye syndrome (DES) is a prevalent and multifactorial disease that leads to a self-perpetuating cycle of inflammation and damage to the ocular surface. This results in symptoms such as redness, burning, and blurred vision, which can negatively affect a patient's quality of life.
Esther Roucaute +2 more
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