It’s counter Intuitive that patients with Dry eyes suffer with watering of the eyes. It needs thorough assessment of various aspects of tear production, drainage and treat accordingly including lubricating eye drops, oil gland probing, tear duct occlusion and IPL.
There are many causes that can lead to either dry eye or watery eyes in both Adults & Children. It could be as simple as loss of eyelid tone to something more serious. A thorough examination would help in elucidate the actual cause.
Why Do the Eyes go Dry?
One of the main reasons is loss of function of eyelid oil glands or lack of sufficient quality tear production. It needs proper assessment and manage by oil gland probing, proper nutrient supplements and appropriate and warm compress/massaging.
Why do the eyes water?
It could be because of excessive evaporation of tears owing to lack of quality oil in tears or overflow of tears with loss of eyelid tone or blockage of tear duct.
How do we manage dry/watery eyes?
Based on the assessment the condition could be managed with lubricating drops, oil gland probing, punctal occlusion, DCR surgery.
Blepharitis
It’s a broad spectrum of conditions involving eyelid margins and skin around the eyes. The main causes are immune related inflammation of the eyelid plate, excessive load of lid margin bacteria, harmone related changes and eyelids skin eczema.
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