Dry eyes occur when the eyes do not produce enough tears to remain comfortable. Common causes include insufficient tear production, hormonal changes, radiation treatment, diabetes, vitamin A deficiency, and autoimmune diseases. Symptoms include stinging, burning, pain, and redness. Treatment options include artificial tears, prescription drops like Restasis to reduce inflammation, steroid drops for short-term relief, inserts called punctal plugs, and nutritional supplements with omega-3 fatty acids.
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2. What is Dry Eyes?
For comfortable and healthy eyes, tear
producing is very essential. When your
eyes find difficulties to produce enough
tears, then it called Dry eyes.
3. Causes of Dry Eyes:
1. Insufficient tear production
2. Having radiation treatment
3. Suffering from Diabetes.
4. Deficiency of Vitamin A in the body.
5. Suffering from diseases like : lupus, scleroderma or rheumatoid arthritis
6. Due to "Hormonal changes" and more.
4. Symptoms of
Dry eyes
People suffer from dry eyes facing problems like these
1. Stinging
2. Burning
3. Pain
4. Redness
6. Artificial Tears:
To get long-lasting lubricating eyes you can
use Artificial Tears. But it is recommended to
use this at bedtime.
7. Restasis:
Use of Restasis, prescribed by your Eye doctor can
reduce inflammation in the eye. This is basically a
therapeutic treatment. To get benefited from this
you have to use the drops daily upto 90 days.
8. Steroid eye drops:
To get rid of the burning sensation and
redness in the eyes this eye drop is very
useful. But this eye drops generally use for
short time dry eyes treatment.
9. Lacrisert:
To get all-day moistening effect this is very
useful for your eyes. This is used in severe
dry eyes treatment.
10. Punctal Plugs:
This is basically a small medical device, used
for preventing tears from draining.
11. LipiFlow:
It is basically a medical device with awesome
features, can be used during your office time.
It takes 12 minutes for each eye.