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Every time we blink the lid spreads the tears across the surface of the eye. The tear film then stays there to protect the eye. After a certain time the lipid layer breaks up and the tears start to evaporate leaving parts of the eye not covered by tears. In a normal eye this should take around 10 seconds. In dry eye the tears can break up within a second, leading to dry patches. To measure this we put a little bit of a dye called sodium fluorescein into the eye which stains the tears. Then we watch through a microscope to see how long the tears take to break up.
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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