Tear film keeps the eye moist and protects your cornea. It can even help your eye heal faster from injury. However, when you do not have enough tear production, it can be downright excruciating.

Chronic application of detergent preservatives can lead to chronic lymphocytic infiltration in conjunctival stroma as well as deleterious changes to corneal epithelium and tear film instability.

Combining eyelid pressure patching with AMT effectively heals persistent corneal epithelial defects, offering rapid ...

The oil deficiency has a ripple effect…..without much oil to seal the watery layer, the tear film evaporates faster, leaving dry areas on the cornea. Meibomian gland dysfunction can also lead to ...

Visual analog scale symptom scores, corneal sensitivity, Schirmer I test value, tear film break-up time (TBUT), tear evaporation rate and ocular surface vital staining scores were recorded at ...