“Dry eye happens when your eyes don’t make enough tears to stay wet, or when your tears don’t work correctly. This can make your eyes feel uncomfortable, and in some cases it can also cause vision problems. Dry eye is common — it affects millions of Americans every year. The good news is that if you have dry eye, there are lots of things you can do to keep your eyes healthy and stay comfortable.”
Our Dry Eye Consultation
These tests (and others) help us detect and diagnose dry eye:
Blink test
Quantitative meibography
Non-invasive tear break up time (NITBUT)
Tear Volume (Tear Meniscus Height)
Staining tests with Fluorescein, Lissamine Green and Rose Bengal
Careful examination of eyelashes and eyelids
Standardized Patient Evaluation of Eye Dryness (SPEED) Questionnaire and tracking
The Antares (by Lumenis)
A state-of-the-art corneal topography with advanced tear-film analysis. We use this equipment not only to help us identify and diagnose your dry eye condition, but we use it to monitor your response to treatment.
With this piece of equipment, we can monitor:
Tear break-up time
Health (quantity and quality) of your Meibomian Glands
Tear volume
Efficiency of your blink
