NEW ORLEANS — Instead of treating based on severity, clinicians should match dry eye phenotypes with the appropriate therapy, according to a speaker at Cornea Subspecialty Day at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.
Sorcha Ni Dhubhghaill, MBBCh, PhD, said new research and technology have changed the way ophthalmologists assess and treat dry eye disease.
“It’s now a much richer field, and we can do a lot more,” she said in a presentation. “Recently, TFOS DEWS III has shifted its focus in staging dry eye from being a disease categorized by a severity ladder ... to being a more