Dry eye syndrome (DES) causes significant morbidity. Trials of blood-derived products in treatment of the condition show promising results. However, their production is expensive and time-consuming. We investigate fingerprick autologous blood (FAB) as an alternative low-cost, readily accessible treatme...
Anxiety and depression in patients with dry eye syndrome. Curr Eye Res. 2011;36(1):1-7.PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 31. Kim KW, Han SB, Han ER, et al. Association between depression and dry eye disease in an elderly population. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011;52(11):7954-7958....
Aqueous insufficiency is divided into two main groups: Sjgren's syndrome-related dry eye and non-Sjgren's syndrome-related dry eye (which includes the use of systemic medication). Dry eye in Sjgren's syndrome (an autoimmune disease) is often severe and requires more aggressive treatment.5 ...
“10,000 published scientific papers make it quite clear that there is not one body process (such as what goes on in cells or tissues) and not one disease or syndrome (from the common cold to leprosy) that is not influenced directly or indirectly – by vitamin C.” Drs Emanuel Cheraskin...
Original image courtesy of NHSBT Serum eye drops service. Full size image Promoting sustainability The UK Government has a large responsibility to fund NHS net-zero. The Small Business Research Initiation (SBRI) Healthcare is an NHS England programme, which runs an annual clinical innovation competi...
Eye 1658 A novel treatment for dry eye syndrome J Than et al Eye A novel treatment for dry eye syndrome J Than et al 1659 Figure 1 (a) Mean change in Ocular Comfort Index score after 8 weeks on fingerprick autologous blood therapy (dashed line) and then 4 weeks after cessation. (b)...
Dry eye syndrome (DES) causes significant morbidity. Trials of blood-derived products in treatment of the condition show promising results. However, their production is expensive and time-consuming. We investigate fingerprick autologous blood (FAB) as an alternative low-cost, readily accessible ...
Eyes were treated bilaterally, but data for ocular surface homeostasis markers was analysed from the right eye only. The required sample size for the calculated study power was 33 participants per group (G*Power v3.1) based on the primary outcome detecting a minimal clinically important difference...
nutrients Article The Protective Effect of Polygonum cuspidatum (PCE) Aqueous Extract in a Dry Eye Model Bongkyun Park 1, Ik Soo Lee 2, Soo-Wang Hyun 2, Kyuhyung Jo 1, Tae Gu Lee 1, Jin Sook Kim 2 and Chan-Sik Kim 1,3,* 1 Clinical Medicine Division, Korea Institute of Oriental ...