Can caffeine treat dry eyes?

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• Brandon cook

  08/21/2012

  In recent years, Japanese researchers found that caffeine can treat the dry eye. The researchers had a study on 78 patients with dry eyes. And the results showed that the tears of patients who taking the pills contained caffeine would increase significantly. But the researchers said that the focus is not only just in caffeine, the ability of metabolism of caffeine is also very important. So we can not definitely say that caffeine can treat dry eye, because different people have different function of metabolism. So, according to your own condition of absorption of caffeine to judge this statement is a wise action.

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• Barbara Mellon

  08/21/2012

  It could be. The dry eye means that there is no enough tears can be produced from the eyes. Usually, the aging is the most nature reason, also the environmental factors and hormonal changes can make dry eyes. Though there are some methods can be used to treat the dry eyes, such as artificial tear drop. It would produce side-effect as well. As is known, if we take too much caffeine once, it's harmful for our health. However, the caffeine could stimulate tear gland to produce more tears. And the quantity of caffeine should be taken depend on the person's weight and health condition.

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• warren

  08/21/2012

  In recent years, studies have shown that drinking coffee may reduce the risk of suffering from cancer, diabetes, gallstones, and Parkinson's disease diseases. Now, Japanese researchers found that caffeine can also treat the dry eyes .University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, the researchers conducted a study on 78 patients with dry eye. The results show that as long as patients taking pills containing caffeine, tears will be increased significantly, to moist eyes. Thus it prove to be true that caffeine can indeed treat dry eyes.

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• evil_lanruoj

  08/22/2012

  Dry eyes patient may suffer pain. Some serious dry eyes patients will have a bad vision. The researchers of Tokyo university school of medicine studied with 78 dry eyes patients. The result shows that as long as the patient's takes caffeine pills, tears will increase significantly. The researchers also point out that the metabolic caffeine ability of people is also a very important factor not only the caffeine itself. Besides, the caffeine can also increase saliva and digestive juice.

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