VIDEO: Importance of dry eye awareness for women’s health providers

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Well, the interesting thing about dry eye disease is that I think regardless of what type of provider you are, whether you're an ophthalmologist, you know, OB-GYN, primary care, family medicine, you're going to hear about dry eye disease. You know, my rheumatology colleagues have learned to pay a lot of attention to dry eye disease. And I think that the best advice I can give to, you know, women's health providers is listen to your patients, but also have a low threshold to refer. I think sometimes, you know, in the other specialties, the information, the most current information doesn't disseminate as quickly to the other specialties. And so, you know, there is a lot that we can do for dry eye patients. And something that I hear all the time is, "Gosh, I wish I would've found somebody that, you know, is focused on this sooner." And so a simple referral is all it takes. And, you know, no one's going to be mad if the patient doesn't have dry eye. But I think it's something that really is impactful to the patient, and they're likely talking to their other providers, healthcare providers about it. And so, you know, referrals seems to me the easiest thing that they can do to really improve the quality of life of their patients.