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NY Times Article about Dry Eye
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| An interesting and informational article on Dry Eye in Today's NY
Times...It doesn't talk about LASIK induced dry eyes, but some of the
information may be useful for people who have dry eyes after LASIK.
For Dry Eye Sufferers, Lots of Tears Bring Major Relief - New York Times
For many people over 50, dry eyes are just another sign of aging, no
more a nuisance than gray hair or crow's feet. The occasional stinging,
redness or gritty feeling in the eye, especially on waking, goes away
with a few good blinks.
But for millions, dry eyes are a painful, daily problem. Dr. Debra A.
Schaumberg, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard, who has
studied the prevalence of dry eye syndrome among subjects in the Women's
Health Study and the Physicians' Health Study, estimates that as many as
nine million Americans, most of them women, have moderate to severe dry
eye.
The discomfort ranges from a mild burning, like having soap in your eye,
to a persistent sense of scraping under the lids. Extreme dryness can
lead to infection. And it can impair the way the eye refracts light,
blurring vision and making it hard to read, work at a computer or drive.
The rest of the article can be found at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/h...26843200&en=2b3
2662c780b246f&ei=5070
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~RT
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| Ragnar 2005-09-24, 2:40 pm |
| It's dangerous to talk about dryness in such broad terms. There are
at least 3 different kinds of dryness which have very little to do
with each other.
Temporary dryness following lasik
Dry Eye which is a very serious and very debilitationg condition
Dry eyes which virtually everyone gets as they get older. In fact,
the same people that have dry eyes at times can also have excessive
tearing.
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:11:33 GMT, RT <RTMD24@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>An interesting and informational article on Dry Eye in Today's NY
>Times...It doesn't talk about LASIK induced dry eyes, but some of the
>information may be useful for people who have dry eyes after LASIK.
>
>For Dry Eye Sufferers, Lots of Tears Bring Major Relief - New York Times
>
>For many people over 50, dry eyes are just another sign of aging, no
>more a nuisance than gray hair or crow's feet. The occasional stinging,
>redness or gritty feeling in the eye, especially on waking, goes away
>with a few good blinks.
>
>But for millions, dry eyes are a painful, daily problem. Dr. Debra A.
>Schaumberg, an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard, who has
>studied the prevalence of dry eye syndrome among subjects in the Women's
>Health Study and the Physicians' Health Study, estimates that as many as
>nine million Americans, most of them women, have moderate to severe dry
>eye.
>
>The discomfort ranges from a mild burning, like having soap in your eye,
>to a persistent sense of scraping under the lids. Extreme dryness can
>lead to infection. And it can impair the way the eye refracts light,
>blurring vision and making it hard to read, work at a computer or drive.
>
>The rest of the article can be found at:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/13/h...26843200&en=2b3
>2662c780b246f&ei=5070
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