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Question: What are the symptoms of dry eye?
Answer: Dry eye is common, though the symptoms are not always obvious.
- Eye watering
- Blurry Vision
- Stinging
- Blurryness when reading or watching TV (people blink less when concentrating)
Comments and Feedback
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Is watering is a symptom of dry eye???
Comment by Navakanth — October 22, 2009 @ 11:41 am
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Yes, watering is a symptom of dry eye. This seems a little counterintuitive at first … after all “why are the eyes so wet if they are so dry?”
The mechanism: when the eyes are too dry, they hurt. This causes reflexive tearing and you get watering. Then they dry out again. You go from too wet, to too dry, and back and forth.
The key is to “short circuit” this loop by keeping the eyes well lubricated with artificial tears.
Comment by admin — October 22, 2009 @ 3:46 pm
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Thanks for the explanation.
Comment by Navakanth — October 23, 2009 @ 5:12 am
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Grittiness caused by dry palpebral surface is a prime sx.
Comment by william ryan — January 1, 2010 @ 10:11 pm
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ALSO A FOREIGN BODY SENSATION.
Comment by Dr.A.G. Daudpota — February 25, 2010 @ 11:55 am
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