Felix ER

ObjectiveTo evaluate whether chronic pain conditions (CPCs) are associated with increased risk of incident dry eye disease (DED) and prescription-requiring DED in a large electronic health record network.DesignRetrospective cohort study.Sub…

IntroductionChronic ocular pain (COP) is a widespread pain condition that presents clinical challenges, has heterologous and overlapping etiologies across patients, and can have a debilitating effect on quality of life. It can manifest with…

AbstractRecent data suggest that corneal somatosensory dysfunction may be the underlying cause of severe dry eye symptoms in the absence of ocular surface pathology seen in a subset of patients diagnosed with “dry eye syndrome.” This subset…