Dry eye Management
Do your eyes burn or feel like there is sand in them? How about tearing or redness? These are just a few symptoms of dry eyes. True Vision offers alternative treatment options other than just eye drops. We can prescribe prescription dry eye medications, insert punctal plugs, recommend hydrating masks, and other individualized treatment plans. Dry eye examinations are also covered by Alberta Health Care.
Dry eye disease is at the forefront of optometric research. Being in Calgary, we have a very dry climate. Combined with more time spent in front of screens such as computers and phones, most of our population will suffer from dry eyes. This condition worsens with age but with kids spending more time on devices, it occurs earlier in life.
The definition of Dry Eye Disease as reported in the DEWS study is:
“Dry eye is a multifactorial disease of the ocular surface characterized by a loss of homeostasis of the tear film, and accompanied by ocular symptoms, in which tear film instability and hyperosmolarity, ocular surface inflammation and damage, and neurosensory abnormalities play etiological roles.”
This is a very complicated condition but can be summarized by: A disease that affects our eyes due to changes in our tear film which can result in inflammation of our cornea causing ocular symptoms.