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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...