MedPage Today November 20, 2023
Greg Laub

— Controlling factors such as air pollution, temperature, and humidity can have an impact

A recent study examined how indoor environmental conditions can affect dry eye disease symptoms and assessed whether home interventions can improve ocular health. The results were presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology meeting.

In this exclusive MedPage Today video, Anat Galor, MD, from the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, discusses the background and results of the study, as well as steps patients can take to improve their symptoms.

Following is a transcript of her remarks:

As a reference, dry eye is an umbrella term. It includes different symptoms and signs that are driven by different underlying pathophysiologies....

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