Unfortunately, it is not easy to treat, with most people being told to go buy some drops from the local pharmacy. In truth dry eyes are a much more complicated condition that can require specific diagnosis of cause and choice of treatment to get best results. There are thousands of pages on the internet discussing dry eye symptoms and a myriad of products being sold to treat dry eye, which all points to the fact that it is not something that is always easy to treat. Finding someone who understands eyes and dry eyes in particular can help you to get past the irritating and uncomfortable symptoms of dry eyes. One of the best resources for dry eye information is dryeyes.com.au, written by a top optometrist in Sydney, Jim Kokkinakis, providing all the basic information on the condition, including a free download titled “The 7 vital things you need to know about dry eye…but don’t”

Dry eye symptoms can range in severity from mild to debilitating, which can create significant difficulty when all the known treatments are not providing relief. For someone suffering from dry eyes, the last thing they want to hear is that they should just try another old treatment that hasn’t worked for them. Someone suffering from dry eyes wants to be heard and helped. In this case it’s helpful to go somewhere with resources that contain valuable and useful information about the real causes of dry eye and how to actually treat dry eyes from good. DryEyes.com.au systematically discusses the many causes of dry eyes and more importantly the many tests that can accurately diagnose the various types of dry eyes. This careful procedure can then lead to very specific treatments, maximizing successful outcomes.

Understanding the biology and anatomy of the eye is critical to treating dry eye. There are three layers that make up the tear film of the human eye which work together to create the right balance for protecting and keeping the eye moist. Keeping the tear film in the right balance is both the most important and most difficult part about treating dry eyes. Research indicates that as much as 70% of issues from dry eyes are due to deficiencies in the lipid layer at the top of the tear film. Beyond the tear film there are many other factors that can contribute to dry eyes.

Diagnosis of dry eye can be as simple as several short questions to as complicated as a series of repeated tests over several days. For an experienced optometrist they can start with a simple series of questions that can take less than five minutes, which can lead to a treatment or further testing. Dry eyes diagnosis is complex and multi factorial – to see some examples and for a greater understanding of the challenges diagnosis provides visit Dryeyes.com.au.

If you want to understand dry eyes with the help of someone who takes them seriously, visit www.DryEyes.com.au, or call The Eye Practice in Sydney CBD for an appointment on (02) 9290 1899 to have a comprehensive Dry Eye assessment with Jim Kokkinakis. If you are not in Sydney call for a referral to a specialist near you.