Kerato - Conjunct 1 Yitis Sicca +
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The presumptive diagnosis was made on clinical grounds in the majority of cases, the signs and symptoms being those usually described-redness and discomfort, tenacious mucous discharge, and corneal erosions and filaments. Confirmation was obtained by the measurement of the lacrimal secretion by the filter-paper test (Schirmer, 1903) and in doubtful cases by staining with rose bengal. The relative value of these two tests is still in doubt, since neither gives a certain indication of the clinical severity of the condition. In addition, the normal values obtained by the filter-paper test are not known with. sufficient accuracy. The usual criterion, using a piece of filter paper 5 mm. broad, with 5 mm. tucked over the lower lid, is that in five minutes a normal eye will produce enough moisture to wet the paper for a distance of more than 20 mm. Less than 15 mm. is suspicious of a dry eye, and less than 10 mm. may be diagnostic. This method is not yet fully standardized; some, following Schirmer himself, place the filter paper at the outer canthus, some at the inner. The former is preferable, as there is less likelihood of a lake of lacrimal fluid at the outer than at the inner canthus, a condition which will give an initial rapid wetting of the paper and possibly a false reading, particularly if the lacrimal passages are for some reason occluded. Some observers
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