Dry eye treatment
Dry eye is a common ocular surface disease with various clinical manifestations. Some mild or episodic symptoms are easily controlled with an ocular lubricant.
What causes dry eye?
It has been confirmed that dry eye is related to the inflammation of ocular surface, is based on immune response and induced by many cytokines
Corticosteroid
Corticosteroid is an effective anti-inflammatory drug widely used to control eye inflammation.
Criteria used for the diagnosis of dry eye included:
Symptoms of dry eye
The main symptoms included ophthalmocopia, foreign body sensation, dry, burning sensation, ophthalmalgia, photophobia, and so on.
Interlinkages and dependances in dry eye
The etiology of dry eye is very complicated, tear film and ocular surface structures are interdependent of each other. Specifically, the cornea, conjunctiva, meibomian glands, goblet cells and lacrimal glands are intricately linked to one another via neural, hormonal and chemical feedback mechanisms.
Disadvantages of longterm usage
prolonged use of corticosteroid have been associated with increased infection, IOP elevation, and cataract formation. In our experiment, increasing IOP and hormone-related complications did not occur in 1 month, suggesting that the application of topical corticosteroid for short-term was safe.