Patient Articles & Resources

If you have dry eyes, your eye doctor has several treatments to help relieve your symptoms. Before they can treat you, your doctor has to diagnose this condition first, but how do they do this?  Many dry eye diagnostic technologies exist today. Continue reading to learn more about dry eye diagnosis and some emerging technologies.  What is Dry…

That burning, irritating sensation under your eyelids? It’s probably dry eye—a common condition caused by a problem with your tear production. Environmental changes or medical factors often cause it, but one important piece of the puzzle is often forgotten: your diet. Your nutritional habits play an important role in managing conditions like dry eye. It can help to…

If you’ve ever dealt with dry eye disease, you know it’s not pleasant. Dry eye disease can cause discomfort, and getting treatment as soon as possible is essential. Knowing why you may have dry eye disease can help you better understand the condition. Let’s take a closer look at dry eye disease, including 7 reasons why you have dry…

Eye Hygiene for Better Eye Health Good eyelid hygiene is important to maintain healthy eyes. If you have poor eyelid hygiene, your eyes will become itchy, inflamed and dry. This condition is known as blepharitis1. In chronic cases, you may experience severe dryness, infections2, styes3 and chalazion4. Maintaining good eyelid hygiene is one of the most important things you can do for…

The internet has a plethora of information. Social media networks allow information to be passed around the world in less than a second. However, the power of the internet also has its consequences. Knowledge can be skewed and perpetuated into misinformation – this can be dangerous especially if it impacts your health. In the dry…

If your eyes are irritated, sensitive or burning then you could have dry eye disease. For patients with mild dry eye, their symptoms can simply be reduced by using preservative-free artificial tears (a.k.a. eye drops). However, if your symptoms are becoming constant and severe, then you may need advanced procedure-based treatments as recommended by your…

A Japanese study of young to middle-aged office workers using computers showed a significant relationship between dry eye disease (DED) and lower job performance. After analyzing the data, the researchers determined dry eye disease was responsible for productivity losses of over $6,000 per employee. Another study found that even though DED had very little impact…

Dry, red eyes can mean many things, but if you have recently smoked or ingested cannabis—that’s the likely cause.  Cannabis most commonly causes red eyes, but it also lowers your eye pressure. These are temporary effects that should go away with time. Current cannabis research doesn’t show that it can damage vision, but there may be…