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Article: Dry eye a constantly changing landscape
- Article from:
- Ophthalmology Times
- Article date:
- September 1, 2005
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Forge ahead
Ophthalmologists have more effective treatments at their disposal to meet the growing demand
Reviewed by Michael Lemp, MD
Washington, DC-Dry eye disease affects millions of people worldwide and with that has come a recent greater awareness among patients that it is indeed a problem. As the recognition of the magnitude of dry eye is changing, so too has knowledge of its pathogenesis, the technology facilitating diagnosis, and the drugs that are becoming available to treat it. General ophthalmologists will be increasingly challenged to learn more about the disease and the best ways to treat individual patients, according to Michael Lemp, MD.
"Patients have recognized over the ...