dry eye- permanent or temporary?

[kim]

http://www.optrex.co.uk/healthcare_p...n_dry_eyes.php

This is a manufacturers website which explains some points about dry eyes.

But it gives the impression that dry eye is a temporary condition. Why do some people experience it temporarily whilst others have it permanently?

[kitty]

http://www.optrex.co.uk/healthcare_p...n_dry_eyes.php

This is a manufacturers website which explains some points about dry eyes.

But it gives the impression that dry eye is a temporary condition. Why do some people experience it temporarily whilst others have it permanently?

This would be a good question to pose to Dr. Latkany in his Q & A forum.

[kitty]

http://www.optrex.co.uk/healthcare_p...n_dry_eyes.php

This is a manufacturers website which explains some points about dry eyes.

But it gives the impression that dry eye is a temporary condition. Why do some people experience it temporarily whilst others have it permanently?

I don't think it implied that it is a temporary condition. The website noted some causes of mild, temporary dry eye, which are mostly environmental such as staring at the computer screen, and wind, dust and smoke exposure. I would expect that most if not all of the people here are in the moderate to severe and long-term category whose cause of DES is other than environmental. If your DES is due to environmental conditions, then environmental modifications and eye drops should clear it up.

[hkgcomet]

In westen medicine, it is a permanent long team illness, because no drugs can cure and they also don't know much on the illness' reason.
LASIK induce dry eye, saying temporatry but lots become permanent...

A permanent disease even cancer can be heal yourself, do you hear much of that? Lots of allergy is permanent, but some can be heal.

[stella]

I consider dry eye to be a "chronic" condition - that can be managed
just like lot of other chronic conditions eg skin disorders like excema and dermatitis ;arthritis fibromyalgia,chronic bronchitis asthma etc etc
The management of dryeye is more elusive and individual maybe than some of the above mentioned - but with trial and error experimentation i believe it CAN be managed
Personally i find i can manage mine for quite long periods - Its always there ,but I REFUSE to let it dominate my life and i am always looking for new things (however small ) that may help
It ends up that the treatment and regime i used last year is not the same as the present one
I think peace of mind comes with acceptence and if i have a bad day i try to tell myself it will go away again , and remind myself that i have gone for months at a time when i managed just fine and will do so again
The main thing is not to let it stop you doing the things you want to do