Treatment of dry eye syndrome all depends on what is causing the dry eye syndrome. The goal to treatment is to stabilize the tear film. Because a deficiency of any layer of the tear film can cause it to be unstable, we have to figure out which layer is causing the problem in...
Category - Dry Eyes
What are Dry Eyes and what are the symptoms? How do you naturally treat dry eyes?
What Causes Dry Eye Syndrome? Unfortunately there are a number of things that can cause dry eye. We wish it was a simple answer which would allow for a simple solution but it’s not that easy. The most common cause of DES is birthdays. After the age of 50, the number of people...
How Do I know I have Dry Eyes? We see a lot of patients who we can tell have dry eyes based on clinical exam but they had no idea their eyes were dry, until we begin to ask questions. The thing about your eyes is you should just USE them not THINK about them. Your eyes...
Tear Film Your eyes are a very sensitive organ (not that I need to tell you that), and require constant lubrication in order to function properly. Your tear film is incredibly important for maintaining the health of the surface of your eye and also for good, STABLE vision. ...
Dry Eye Syndrome – DES Dry Eye Syndrome is a common term that describes a HUGE subset of disease processes. It is one of the most common reasons patients visit the eye doctor and for many many years has been treated as a trivial problem. It primarily affects older people...
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