Skip Navigation

InnovAiT 2008 1(10):706-709; doi:10.1093/innovait/inn123
This Article
Right arrow Full Text Freely available
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow CME/CE:
Take the course for this article:
 Eye Problems (1). Volume 1, Issue 10....
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Newsom, R.
Right arrow Articles by Simon, C.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the RCGP. All rights reserved. For permissions please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Management of dry eyes

Mr Richard Newsom

Consultant Ophthalmologist, Southampton Eye Hospital, Hampshire, UK

Dr Chantal Simon

Executive Editor, InnovAiT

E-mail: one{at}rbnewsom.plus.com


  Abstract

A dry eye (sometimes called keratoconjunctivitis sicca) is an eye where there are insufficient or inadequate tears to keep the front surface of the eye moist. Patients usually complain of grittiness or irritation which often worsens towards the end of the day.


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?




Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.