What is dry eye syndrome?

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• b3autiful___

  08/01/2012

  Usually, dry eyes always company with gritty/scratchy, or filmy feeling in the eyes. Some times, they may feel burning, itching, blurred vision, light sensitivity, or foreign body in the eyes. And as the name implies, dry eyes are because of water deficiency in the eyes. In detail, it may caused by decreased tear production or excessive tear evaporation. So, keep eyes moist is very important to prevent dry eyes.

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• Eliza

  08/01/2012

  Dry eye syndrome also known as dry eyes is an eye condition in which the tear film evaporates faster than the tear production. People with dry eyes often get a feeling of stinging, burning, dryness, redness, blurry vision and double vision, and eye sensitivity. There are many factors that can cause dry eyes. Some times dry eyes are caused by the side effects of many medications.

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• cun_yin

  08/03/2012

  From the literal meaning, people who suffer from the dry eye syndrome would often feel stinging, burning, dryness and redness. In fact, dry eye syndrome is a dry eye condition where the tear film is likely to evaporate faster than the tear production. The persons with the dry eye syndrome would have the blurry vision and double vision when they look at something. Sometimes, they would feel eye sensitivity. There are many factors that generate dry eyes. Sometimes dry eyes syndrome are caused by the eyelid board gland dysfunction to some extent.

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