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MANAGEMENT of Dry Eye Disease
This question, of course, moves every patient and his or her eye doctor - Before therapy, however, there is a diagnosis ... and that requires an examination and some clinical tests !
The present page gives a kind of an overview of Dry Eye Disease and of the content of the next upcoming pages in the menue folder on “Recognize & Treat Dry Eye Disase“
On this page you will find information on:
Basic Questions & Answers to
Dry eye questionnaires
First of all, it is of course important to inform yourself about some important FACTS, how the surface of the eye works and how it comes to the dry eye. This allows to understand why the treatment measures that the eye doctor suggests are important and how the patient can best contribute to the success of the treatment.
There are many questions
You will find the answers when you “click” a colored link
What is dry eye disease and do all the other names mean ? Keratoconjunctivitis sicca … Sicca syndrome … Sjögren's syndrome ?
Are my complaints really related to dry eye ?
dryness, stinging, buring, tearing, tired eyes and heavy lids, blurred vision, redness, pain …
Why must the eye be moist and how does it get dry ? - How does it work altogether ?
… all this and many more Questions and Answers can be found on the => “Essentials” Page
QUESTIONAIRES
Questionnaires allow the patient to sort out his symptoms and make it easier for the doctor to monitor the therapy reliably.
Questionnaires are usually relatively short and concise and therefore easy to fill out by the patient while waiting for the examination by the ophthalmologist.
The questionnaires are typically validated and therefore determine the symptoms that indicate a dry eye relatively reliably.
DIAGNOSIS
Dry Eyes are related to some characteristic clinical findings. They can be analysed by performing some specific clinical tests that are explained in more detail on the respective page for “DIAGNOSIS of Dry Eye Disease”.
The results of these tests
make the diagnosis of a dry eye more or less likely
identify its specific sub-type - which determines the most effective therapy options for an individual
determine the grade of severity of an individual patient … and thus the steps of a staggered therapy that make most sense
Dry eye disease can appear as a rather complex disease (... not to say a ' tricky story ') with many interlocking factors.
Therefore, the eyes must first be examined and diagnosed by an eye doctor before any therapy can start !
The dry eye therapy can only begin once an adequate diagnostic examination has been carried out as mentioned above
There is a large number of risk factors for Dry Eyes … However, they point to some effective home remedies for dry eyes !
We will also deal with the following questions … but Dry Eyes and particularly Dry Eye Disease are multifactorial, depend on many influencing factors and can be a tricky condition.
what is the best therapy for dry eye ?
what are the best eye drops for dry eyes?
You may realize by now that these questions may be slightly too simple - but still we will try to answer them in an appropriate way !
For therapy, it is useful to get a brief overview of the disease maechanisms and potential therapy approaches in order to find out which options for therapy are possible and which are the most promising for the respective patient.
Only when a thorough investigation and a respective diagnosis has been made ty the eye doctor can a Therapy of the Dry Eye start !