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• Friday, October 15, 2021 - Treating the Sub-Types of Dry Eye Disease

  It’s important to learn the two sub-types of dry eye, as each is treated quite differently.
  
  

• Thursday, September 30, 2021 - The Importance of Patient Education

  Knowing how to effectively manage dry eye disease is important but without proper education of the patient, success is unlikely. Here is a process to help you successfully guide your patients.
  
  

• Thursday, September 16, 2021 - Can Blepharitis Be the Culprit in Dry Eye Disease?

  Clinical experience reveals that blepharitis and dry eye may not be independent of each other.
  
  

• Thursday, September 9, 2021 - Dry Eye Disease With Morning Symptoms

  Let’s look at one of the most common causes of DED with morning symptoms: non-tight lid seal.
  
  

• Friday, August 27, 2021 - Time of Day Matters for Dry Eye Symptoms

  Two critical questions to ask dry eye patients are: what is your worst symptom, and what time of day is it worst?
  
  

• Friday, August 20, 2021 - Considering Complaints of Foreign Body Sensation

  Many conditions mimic DED symptoms, although test findings point away from DED. Find out how vital dye staining can help.
  
  

• Friday, August 6, 2021 - Floppy Eyelid Syndrome: A Condition You Don’t Want to Miss

  Certain dry eye disease presentations can be caused by other comorbidities. Although therapeutic agents such as EYSUVIS will treat the dry eye flares associated with them, the condition won’t resolve until the cause is taken care of. One of these is floppy eyelid syndrome (FES).
  
  

• Thursday, July 22, 2021 - Another Cause of Dry Eye That Isn’t Dry Eye

  Here is another case debunking the idea that DED is simple to manage and based heavily on symptoms.
  

• Thursday, July 15, 2021 - Dry Eye Flares are Part of Dry Eye Disease

  The key to suppressing DED's inflammatory response is with a corticosteroid.
  

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