Aim: To evaluate mood status in patients with dry eye syndrome (DES). Methods: The study comprised of 78 eyes of 78 patients which were divided into two groups. Ocular surface disease index (OSDI), tear osmolarity, tear-film break-up time (TBUT), and Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI II) tests were used to assess the patients. All variables were compared within 2 groups. Results: In patients wi...

Administration of topical rebamipide improves the ocular surface in dry eye. We consecutively studied seven eyes in seven cases (three males and four females) with mild lagophthalmos (three cases after eyelid surgery, two cases of incomplete facial nerve palsy, and two cases of senile ectropion) during the treatment of corneal disorders with rebamipide eye drops four times daily for 2 weeks. Th...

This study investigated the effect of vitamin D supplementation in patients with dry eye syndrome (DES) refractory to conventional treatment with vitamin D deficiency. A total of 105 patients with DES refractory to conventional treatment and vitamin D deficiency that was treated with an intramuscular injection of cholecalciferol (200,000 IU). Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) levels were meas...

PURPOSE Diabetes mellitus is an increasingly common systemic disease. Many diabetic patients seek cataract surgery for a better visual acuity. Unlike in the general population, the influence of cataract surgery on tear film function in diabetic patients remains elusive. The aim of this study was to evaluate the tear function in diabetic and nondiabetic patients following cataract surgery. MET...

Purpose: To evaluate the effects of ocular surface changes that may develop due to Bell’s palsy (BP) on dry eye parameters, corneal densitometry values, and aberrations in patients with unilateral BP compare them sound eyes.
 Materials Methods: A total 33 eyes diagnosed fellow were enrolled this study. complete ophthalmologic examination including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), intra...

Background: As society adapts to the new normal during Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, face masks have become one of health protocols required in community, especially among professionals. Wearing a mask regularly for an extended period may lead dry eye symptoms, which cause discomfort and affect quality life. This study aimed determine association between usage duration type wit...

purpose: to evaluate changes in tear condition following unilateral ptosis surgery. methods: in this case series all patients with unilateral ptosis who underwent ptosis surgery over a two-year period were studied. the patients did not have history of previous eye surgery or other eye problems. eyelid and lacrimal evaluation included schirmer’s test with and without anesthesia and tear break up...

PURPOSE To compare the effects on tolerability, tear osmolarity, and intraocular pressure (IOP)-lowering effect of switching from benzalkonium chloride (BAK) containing prostaglandin analog (PGA) latanoprost to preservative-free tafluprost. PATIENTS AND METHODS Thirty patients with open-angle glaucoma (N = 60 eyes), 26 women (87%) and four men (13%) aged 64.1 (SD 14.1) years, showing abnormal...

The aim of the study was to evaluate the morphological changes of meibomian glands (MGs) in primary blepharospasm (PBS) by in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM) and to investigate the correlations between clinical data of PBS and LSCM parameters of MGs. This prospective and case-control study recruited 30 consecutive PBS patients and 30 age- and gender-matched healthy controls. Afte...

PURPOSE Assessment of ocular involvement in transthyretin-related familial amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (FAP) in a large cohort of Portuguese patients. METHODS We reviewed the medical records of 513 Portuguese FAP mutation carriers, at the Ophthalmology Service, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, between 1 January 2008 and 31 January 2013. Abnormal conjunctiva vessels (ACV), Schirmer test, tear b...