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
Prospective two years study of the dry eye status following use of soft contact lens. At the end of 1 year of soft contact lens use, 20 % soft contact lens wearers developed mild dry eye. No patients had moderate or severe dry eye. Two years after use of soft contact lens, 33% wearers developed mild dry eye and 2% had moderately severe dry eye. Tear Osmolarity values were used to assess dry eye status.
Keywords: Tear Osmolarity , soft contact lens, dry eye
DRY EYE STATUS BASED ON THE SCHIRMER TEST AND TEAR FILM BREAK UP TIME RESULTS FOLLOWING USE OF SOFT CONTACT LENS IN KERALA