Dr. Eldridge began an interesting thread this past week regarding ocular surface disease in glaucoma patients. He reminded us that dry eye disease can often be silent in patients after chronic administration of BAK preservatives have reduced corneal … [Read more...]
Chronic BAK exposure is associated with an increase in tear osmolarity
January 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Chronic administration of BAK appears to alter corneal sensitivity
January 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ocular Surface Disease can be a major problem for glaucoma patients and could result in cell damage, discomfort, loss of quality of vision as well as Quality of Life issues. Patients may not be able to give reliable feedback regarding dry eye disease. In the Dec 2011 Journal of French Ophthalmology, Van Went et al evaluated … [Read more...]
Link Between Ocular Surface Disease and Quality of Life in Glaucoma Patients
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A link between Quality of Life scores in patients treated for Dry Eye Disease and Glaucoma is documented in the Jan. 2012 American Journal of Ophthalmology publication. As clinicians we need to be aware of the decrease in QOL with increasing Glaucoma severity by monitoring the ocular surface carefully. Link Between Ocular … [Read more...]
Clinical Utility of Tear Osmolarity
August 5, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Dry Eye is a disease of the tears and ocular surface that results in fluctuating vision, tear film instability and increased osmolarity which can cause damage to the ocular surface. According to the 2007 Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society Report of the International Dry Eye WorkShop (DEWS): “The core mechanisms of dry eye … [Read more...]
Dry Eyes and Glaucoma, Double Trouble
April 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Interesting article by Dr. Ruth Williams from the GLAUCOMA RESEARCH FOUNDATION. Dry Eye Syndrome and glaucoma commonly occur together. Patients may have irksome symptoms, but not associate them with dry eye syndrome. The symptoms of dry eye disease vary from person to person. Symptoms may come and go, and they're often … [Read more...]
