Dry eye impairs the quality of life. The most sensitive tissue of the body is the front lens of the eye, the cornea. The most disturbed tissue in dry eye is the cornea again.
What are the effects of dry eye on quality of life?
Dozens of diseases: There are dozens of important diseases that cause drying. The patient is disturbed by these diseases, and the diseases do not occur more than once, but are chronic, meaning they last a lifetime. The use of drugs, the supervision of a physician, the suffering of these diseases impair the quality of life.
These diseases impair the quality of life itself. It impairs the comfort of life for reasons such as diagnosis, treatment, physician supervision, and medication intake. There are also side effects of the drugs taken.
Decreased vision: dry eye causes significant vision loss.
*Light reflections: Wounds, drying, inflammation, edema of the beautification period (swelling) in the cornea in the front lens of the eye are the causes of light reflection. It causes curses in driving and computers.
*Epithelial injury: Epithelial layer covers the surface of the cornea of the eye front lens, and dry eye causes injuries that cause burning, itching, stinging and visual impairment in this layer.
* Deterioration of cell arrangement in the cornea: Desired drying or swelling, injuries disrupt the cell arrangement. This is the cause of reduced transparency and hazy vision.
*Foreign elements and deposits on the cornea: Elements that cannot be removed with tears are collected on the cornea.
Burr: The reduction of the water part of the tear turns into burring with the combination of mucin and oil. As the tears become heavy, they accumulate on the cornea, and the patient tries to correct the image by washing his eyes frequently.
Dry eye reduces quality of life:
Decreased vision: Dry eye reduces vision. Perfect vision is bliss.
Itching: Undisturbed deposits and toxic elements cause itching.
Stinging: Injuries in the cornea of the front lens of the eye expose the border ends and cause stinging.
The feeling that there is sand: Things that cannot be thrown away with tears that are liked cause the feeling of sand.
Combustion: Toxic matters that are not disposed of will cause burns. These issues should be avoided by washing the eyes frequently.
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Drug supply, instillation and drug related problems:
Eyestrain: Sensitivity to light, burning, itching, stinging causes eye fatigue. An uncomfortable eye condition occurs. Here it reduces the efficiency.
