Dry Eye: Association between Environmental Factors, Use of Visual Displays and Drugs in a Tertiary Eye Care Hospital
Creators
- 1. Post Graduate Trainee, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
- 2. Associate professor, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
- 3. Professor, HOD, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
- 4. Registrar, Regional Institute of Ophthalmology, Gauhati Medical College & Hospital, Guwahati, Assam, India
Description
Dry eye is a multifactorial disorder, affecting the preocular tear film. Dry eye is an ocular surface disorder which damages the interpalpebral area of the eye due to either deficiency or excessive evaporation of tears. There is wide flexibility of the incidence of dry eye due to lack of standardized diagnostic procedures and patient selection. There is great association between environmental risk factors, use of visual display and drugs with dry eyes. The interesting thing is that all these risk factors are modifiable. So by modification of these risk factors dry eye disease prevalence can be reduced which gives patients better quality of life as well as reduced economic burden.
Abstract (English)
Dry eye is a multifactorial disorder, affecting the preocular tear film. Dry eye is an ocular surface disorder which damages the interpalpebral area of the eye due to either deficiency or excessive evaporation of tears. There is wide flexibility of the incidence of dry eye due to lack of standardized diagnostic procedures and patient selection. There is great association between environmental risk factors, use of visual display and drugs with dry eyes. The interesting thing is that all these risk factors are modifiable. So by modification of these risk factors dry eye disease prevalence can be reduced which gives patients better quality of life as well as reduced economic burden.
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2024-07-26
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