PURPOSE To evaluate the relation between dry eye severity and quality of life. METHODS 40 participants (19 with dry eye and 21 normal controls) underwent slit-lamp examination and Schirmer test to evaluate dry eye severity. Quality of life was evaluated with OSDI (Ocular Surface Disease Index) and VFQ-25 (Visual Function Questionnaire-25). RESULTS The OSDI total score was significantly grea...

PURPOSE The primary healthcare setting is well placed for health screening. Tear fluid composition gives valuable information about the eye and systemic health, and there is now significant interest in the potential application of tears as a tool for health screening; however, the acceptability of tear collection in the primary healthcare setting as compared with other methods of human sample c...

BACKGROUND Many patients with essential blepharospasm also show dry eye signs and symptoms. Botulinum toxin A is an effective treatment for reducing spasms in these patients. In this investigation, the effect of botulinum toxin A injections on tear function and on the morphology of the ocular surface in patients suffering from blepharospasm in combination with a dry eye syndrome was investigate...

Objectives A 12-year-old girl was admitted to our hospital due to large erythematosus lesions on pretibial region that has been seen for three years. These lesions were started with hyperemic, tender and nodular forms then changed to a dark brown macular coloration and persists afterward. She did not suffer from dry mouth or eye. However, when the medical history was examined carefully, she poi...

Purpose. To evaluate the diagnostic performance of the McMonnies questionnaire as a screening survey for dry eye in Chinese outpatients. Methods. The questionnaire was self-administered by 27,999 patients with dry eye symptoms. A thorough ophthalmic examination including tear break-up time (TBUT), fluorescein staining, and Schirmer I test was completed to make a clinical diagnosis of dry eye. R...

AIM to study the role of'Xerosis Meter' in screening of dry eye cases in a large population and compare its results with Schirmer's test and tear break-up time. MATERIALS AND METHOD in a cross sectional study with a control group dry eye was evaluated with Xerosis Meter, Schirmer test and tear film break-up time (TBUT). Cases included in the study were divided into two groups. Group I (Contro...

purpose : the main ocular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis is dry eye. lacritin is a secreted glycoprotein of tear and when applied topically in rabbits, it increased the volume of basal tear secretion. so the aim of this study was to compare lacritin level in rheumatoid arthritis (ra) and control group. methods : this cross-sectional study was done on 40 patients with ra and 48 healthy su...

PURPOSE To compare quantitative changes induced in the tear film of patients submitted to photorefractive keratectomy and LASIK over a year. METHODS A prospective, longitudinal, comparative, post-interventional study was designed to distinguish tear film changes before and one year after refractive surgery procedures in 48 patients submitted to PRK and 36 patients submitted to LASIK, using ty...