Article: Sleep Disorders and the Eye

During the past decade, associations between sleep disorders and certain ophthalmologic disorders have been Increasingly recognized. To review the literature on these Important associations, we conducted a PubMed search using combinations of the following terms: sleep disorders, sleep apnea, circadian rhythm disorder, continuous positive airway pressure, eye disease, floppy eyelid syndrome, glaucoma, ischemic optic neuropathy, papilledema, nocturnal lagophthalmos, and vision loss. We limited our search to articles published in English that Involved human participants. All available dates were included. One of the most common sleep disorders, obstructive sleep apnea, has been associated with ...

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