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Person sitting on the edge of a bed in early morning light rubbing tired, dry eyes

Why are my eyes dry in the morning?

Morning dryness usually means one of three things: your eyelids are not fully closing overnight, your oil glands are blocked and the tear film has nothing to hold it together...

Why are my eyes dry in the morning?

Morning dryness usually means one of three things: your eyelids are not fully closing overnight, your oil glands are blocked and the tear film has nothing to hold it together...

Optometrist examining a patient's eyes at a slit lamp during a systemic health eye assessment

Thyroid eye disease and diabetes-related dry eye

Thyroid disease and diabetes are two of the systemic conditions that reliably show up behind stubborn dry eye, and they get there by completely different routes. Thyroid eye disease is...

Thyroid eye disease and diabetes-related dry eye

Thyroid disease and diabetes are two of the systemic conditions that reliably show up behind stubborn dry eye, and they get there by completely different routes. Thyroid eye disease is...

Person asleep in bed at dawn with the eyelids not fully closed and light across the face

Sleeping with your eyes open: nocturnal lagopht...

If your eyes are at their worst in the first minute after waking, gritty, burning, red, with vision that clears only after several blinks, one explanation worth ruling out is...

Sleeping with your eyes open: nocturnal lagopht...

If your eyes are at their worst in the first minute after waking, gritty, burning, red, with vision that clears only after several blinks, one explanation worth ruling out is...

Woman in her fifties using preservative-free lubricating eye drops at a kitchen table in daylight

Sjögren's syndrome and dry eye: managing it well

Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the glands that make tears and saliva, so dry eyes and a dry mouth are its two defining...

Sjögren's syndrome and dry eye: managing it well

Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the glands that make tears and saliva, so dry eyes and a dry mouth are its two defining...

Optometrist examining a patient's lower eyelid margin at the slit lamp during a dry eye assessment

Punctal plugs: the pros and cons for dry eye

Punctal plugs are tiny inserts placed in the tear drainage openings at the inner corner of the eyelid, so that the tears you do make stay on the eye longer...

Punctal plugs: the pros and cons for dry eye

Punctal plugs are tiny inserts placed in the tear drainage openings at the inner corner of the eyelid, so that the tears you do make stay on the eye longer...

Hand holding a single-use preservative-free eye drop vial beside a prescription eye drop bottle

Prescription dry eye drops: ciclosporin, lifite...

There are three families of prescription drop used in dry eye, and they do different jobs. Ciclosporin is a long-game immunomodulator, taken for months, aimed at the chronic inflammation behind...

Prescription dry eye drops: ciclosporin, lifite...

There are three families of prescription drop used in dry eye, and they do different jobs. Ciclosporin is a long-game immunomodulator, taken for months, aimed at the chronic inflammation behind...