The level of moisture in your eyes is normally maintained by balancing tear production and tear loss through drainage and evaporation. When this balance is not sustained, dry spots appear on the eye's surface, which cause irritation.
What happens during your dry eye examination?
When you come to the dry eye clinic we'll carefully examine the front of your eye, including the cornea, conjunctiva, lids and assess your tears. Digital images and videos of your eye will be stored for future comparison.
Often we use a dye or stain to help highlight certain areas of the eye or to show the spread or flow of tears across the eye.
What treatments are available?
Depending on the causes, dry eye syndrome can be treated as a temporary problem or a lifelong disease requiring long term treatment. Either way, tears must be distributed efficiently, replaced or conserved in order to provide relief. Effective tear distribution can be achieved in a number of ways please click through the menu on the left for details:
