Eye care providers report low satisfaction with the most common treatments for chronic ocular surface pain, according to a study published in Ophthalmology and Therapy.
“The eye care community is beginning to recognize that a subset of patients labeled as having ‘dry eye’ may not have traditional dry eye at all but rather a chronic pain disorder affecting the eyes,” Kaleb Abbott, OD, MS, FAAO, FOWNS, assistant professor of ophthalmology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Healio. “We need to shift our perspective, acknowledging that some dry eye