Dry eye is very common among people at all ages, resulted from chronic lack of sufficient lubrication and moisture in the eye. Dry eye syndrome has various symptoms such as persistent dryness, foreign body sensation, scratching and burning eyes, which may lead to subtle but constant irritation or ocular inflammation of the front eye tissue. [...]
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The Connection Between Contact Lenses and Dry Eyes
February 15th, 2009 by Aakash Shah
Dry eye is a very common disorder in which the tear film that protects the eye is found to be deficient. The reason for this is the decrease in the volume of tears to create the film. It can be due to less production or excessive tear evaporation. In both the cases the result is [...]
Dry Eye Causes Symptoms And Treatment
December 29th, 2007 by Aakash Shah
Chronic dry eye syndrome (DES) is usually caused by insufficient or decreased tear production or increased tear film evaporation. Tears are a complex mixture of water, fatty oils, proteins, electrolytes and bacteria fighting substances. Typical symptoms of dry eyes are dryness, burning, itchiness, foreign body sensation (usually both eyes are affected). Dry eye syndrome can [...]