Why you need a better diagnosis, and how to get it

If you have simply been told you "have dry eyes", you have not been diagnosed!

Correct and thorough diagnosis is absolutely critical to successful treatment of any ocular surface disease.

WHY YOU NEED MORE DETAIL If you have been told you have dry eye, the first thing you need to understand is that "dry eye" is not a diagnosis."Dry eye" is a catch-all term for several ocular surface conditions, each of which have many possible underlying causes. The symptoms of al...

(Or, “Everything I’ve learned over the years from Dr. Brown and DEZ members about eye doctors and their patients”.)

1. Is this article for me?
Yes. I started writing this article with certain types of patients in mind... perhaps most of all the chronically dissatisfied doctor shoppers. But there are ideas here which may help almost all dry eye patients (including those who are not unhappy with their doctor) to get more out of the relationship with their doctor. And even ...