Dry Eye Disease

Axim Biotechnologies has developed a rapid quantitative tear test to detect an inflammatory biomarker for dry eye disease, according to a press release.

Real-world outcomes from the PERSPECTIVE study showed long-term efficacy of cyclosporine A 0.1% cationic emulsion in controlling severe keratitis in patients with dry eye disease.

Severe dry eye disease symptoms and signs were found to be associated with depression in a study, suggesting consideration of depression as a possible comorbidity when managing patients with dry eye.

NEW YORK – Optometrists have an obligation to communicate to their community the services they offer in their practices, Dave Kading, OD, FAAO, said here at Vision Expo East.

NEW ORLEANS – Oyster Point Pharmaceuticals’ recently approved nasal spray is receiving positive feedback from patients who can treat their dry eye without concerns over their contact lenses, make-up or drop delivery issues.

They said it would never happen. We would never see it in our lifetimes. It was a dream held by millions, but sadly, naught but a pipe dream.

ORLANDO — In this Healio Video Perspective from Cataract Surgery: Telling It Like It Is, Michael Patterson, DO, discusses strategies to manage unhappy patients after refractive surgery, including setting realistic expectations.

In the fourth part of a five-part series, Elizabeth Yeu, MD, discusses some of the irritations and conditions that can arise from consistent masking, such as mask-induced dry eye disease.

NEW ORLEANS — Low-dose naltrexone decreased ocular pain and improved quality of life in patients with neuropathic corneal pain, according to Pam Theriot, OD, of Blink Eye Spa, who evaluated recent dry eye clinical research at SECO 2022.

In a small practice, our success hinges on efficiency — the ability to optimize what we have, including our time. We do not have an abundance of space, doctors and staff to rely on volume alone.