The recent therapies for dry eye like eye drops and cyclosporine are either difficult to manage or don't really fix the problem.
Certain conditions should be maintained while handling eye drops like refrigeration, so keeping them cold and handy is a challenge.
Dry Eye Symptom Evaluation
Dry eye may be due to a decrease in tear production, alteration of the tear consistency, or faster evaporation of the tears.
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Cyclosporine treats the inflammation and has a low rate of patient compliance. Oculeve, a company, which came out of the Stanford Biodesign program, has developed a tiny implant that may help a lot of people suffering from dry eye caused by a variety of underlying conditions.
The device electrically stimulates the lacrimal gland, the organ responsible for tear production.
There's two versions of the device, one that is placed within the nasal cavity and the other is implanted under the skin above the eyelids.
The device, which can be controlled using a wireless interface, has already been in clinical trials in Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico toward getting European and Canadian approvals, and trials aimed at the FDA are already being planned.
Source: Medindia
The device, which can be controlled using a wireless interface, has already been in clinical trials in Australia, New Zealand, and Mexico toward getting European and Canadian approvals, and trials aimed at the FDA are already being planned.
Source: Medindia
Amblyopia
Amblyopia is the loss of one eye''s ability to see details. Amblyopia is otherwise known as lazy eye.
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 Eye InfectionsEye infection is a common problem that often causes pain and discomfort to the eyes. Common symptoms of eye infection include pain, redness of eye or eyelids, eye discharge. | Advertisement
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Allergy Eye Drops
Eye allergies are treated with different types of eye drops such as lubricants, antihistamines, NSAIDs and corticosteroids. Eye drops are used to reduce allergies, eye infection and help healing.
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