Open AccessDRY EYE STATUS BASED ON THE SCHIRMER TEST AND TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME RESULTS FOLLOWING USE OF SOFT CONTACT LENS IN KERALA
Author(s) -
Simi George
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v3i10.660
Subject(s) - contact lens , schirmer test , ophthalmology , medicine , dry eyes , lens (geology) , artificial tears , optometry , optics , physics
Prospective two years study of the dry eye status following use of soft contact lens. Based on the Schirmer test results, 10 % soft contact lens wearers developed mild dry eye at the end of 1 year and 15 % developed mild dry eye at the end of 2 years. No patient had moderate or severe dry eye. Based on the Tear film break up time results, 17 % soft contact lens wearers developed mild dry eye at the end of 1 year and 30 % developed mild dry eye at the end of 2 years. 1% had moderate dry eye at the end of 2 years. No patient had severe dry eye.
Keywords: Schirmer test, Tear film break up time, soft contact lens, dry eye