Do you suffer from dry eye?
Eyes feel dry
Excessive watering
Eyelids stuck together
Problems with vision
Your eyes may be dry, red, irritated, tired, stinging, itchy or gritty… Dry eye is a common disease that affects the surface of the eye and the eyelids. What causes dry eye? How is it diagnosed? How is it treated? Which specialist should I see? You’ll find the answers to all these questions and more on this site.
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Symptoms
Your eyes may be dry, red, irritated, tired, stinging, itchy or grainy…
Dry eye: a common but poorly understood disease
Dry eye is a multifactorial disease resulting from problems with the tear film: either insufficient tear production (aqueous deficiency) or excessive tear evaporation (evaporative dry eye).
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Think you may have dry eye? Take two minutes to assess your symptoms using the DEQ-5 questionnaire (five questions) provided on our site.
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How is dry eye diagnosed and treated?
New imaging tests and IPL (intense pulsed light) treatments—all completely painless—are now available alongside a range of other diagnostic and treatment options for dry eye.
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