Praktické lekárnictvo 3/2011

Dry eye syndrome

Dry eye syndrome is a multifactorial disease associated with events occuring locally in the eye and can be also the reflection of a systemic disease. Diagnosis and treatment of local or systemic disease and tears substitution may improve patient´s quality of life and avoid sight-threatening complications.

Keywords: ocular tear film, filamentary keratitis, Sjögren´s syndrome, tear substitutes.