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This INFOMED deals with Dry Eyes. While it is rarely a sight-threatening condition, it can be quite annoying and at times painful. This is because the cornea - the clear part in front of the eye - can become eroded. For many patients, dry eye is something that must be lived with. Fortunately, eye doctors and researchers have recently started taking the condition much more seriously than in the past. Thus, more effective treatment regimens have been developed and suffering from this condition can be greatly diminished with proper treatment.

In general, the main complaint of patients with dry eyes is quite simple - the eyes feel dry. This is not always the case though. In fact, sometimes the eyes tear too much. Why is this? In some patients, when the eyes become too dry, the body has a reflex that causes excessive tearing. Other symptoms may include grittiness or a sensation that there is a foreign body in one or both eyes. Some patients state that it feels like there are suction cups on the eyes.