Dry eye syndrome: «retribution» for progress

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29296/25877305-2022-07-16
Issue: 
7
Year: 
2022

I. Litvin(1, 2), Candidate of Medical Sciences; N. Zumbulidze(1), Candidate of Medical Sciences; M. Parfenova(2); Candidate of Medical Sciences
1-Department of Ophthalmology, I.I. Mechnikov North-Western State Medical University, Ministry of Health of Russia, Saint Petersburg
2-OOO “SOGAZ” International Medical Center, Saint Petersburg

Dry eye syndrome (DES) is a disease of civilization. There is a steady increase in the incidence of DES; ophthalmologists presently diagnose this disease in every two patients. DES can occur at any age in the presence of systemic diseases and/or when using drugs for their treatment; after inflammatory diseases and eye injuries; intense visual work, and increased loads on the organ of vision; in some patients after surgery for refractive errors and in those who wear contact lenses. There is a clear correlation with educational and professional activities in a risk group of programmers, office workers, as well as schoolchildren, students, and gamers. In many ways, it is the specific lifestyle of modern people in the conditions of scientific and technological progress that greatly increases the risk of DES.

Keywords: 
ophthalmology
dermatology
cosmetology
IPL therapy
hardware treatment
dry eye syndrome
glands of Zeis
Krause’s glands
Wolfring glands
meibomian glands
tear (lacrimal) meniscus
Norn’s test and Schirmer’s test
conjunctivochalasis
keratitis
xerosis
keratoconjunctivitis
rosacea



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