If you have been diagnosed with dry eye, which 48% of Americans experience according to this study, your doctor has probably tried to describe the underlying cause of your dryness.  You knew your eyes were feeling badly:  itching, watering, redness, burning, pain, dryness, or blurriness between blinks are all common symptoms of dry eye syndrome.  Now it is your doctor's job to find...

Red, itchy, watery, inflamed eyes with clogged meibomian glands.  Sound familiar?  Ocular rosacea is very similar to Meibomian Gland Dysfunction/Posterior Blepharitis from my most recent dry eye post, and in fact some would consider it a subset of the same disease.  To draw on a personal example, I recently had a patient that had been treated by several different OD's for dryness.  He told...

One of the most common types of dry eye I see is a direct result of clogging of the tear glands that line the upper and lower eyelids.  This type of dry eye is more common in younger patients and men than other etiologies.  If you are having dryness and also experiencing: itching, redness, or irritation along your lash line small white/yellow bumps...