The Lipiview measures the thickness of the oily layer of the tears. It works by looking at the coloured fringes that appear when oil floats on water. From this it can calculate the lipid layer thickness. The normal measurement is 100 and anything below this indicates a thin lipid layer. If this layer is too thin then the tears can evaporate too quickly causing dry eye. Occasionally the levels are extremely high this indicates the presence of ocular rosacea, a condition that causes the glands to over-produce a lipid layer that is not formed of the correct constituents and is inflammatory. This causes inflammation and dry eye. We will tell you if you have this condition.
What do all the tests we do mean?
At the Dry Eye Centre we do a battery of tests to diagnose your dry eye, including: LipiView, Meibography, InflammaDry, Schirmers test, Meibomium gland evaluator, Slitlamp bio-microscopy. Interested in an initial assessment to identify what treatment would be right for your Dry Eye? Book an appointment with us today.
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