• Dr Yogikumar Kacha
• Dr D B Vaghela

Patients with Dry Eye can present to clinicians in a variety of ways. Typical Dry Eye patients complain of eye irritation; however, some patients complain of blurred or fluctuating vision, and occasionally, patients with severe Dry Eye have no complaints. Schirmer’s 1 and 2 tests should not be used as the sole basis for the diagnosis of keratoconjunctivitis sicca. ♦Fluorescein staining assesses the integrity of the ocular surface epithelial barrier function. ♦Rose bengal staining indicates a lack of the protective ocular mucins. ♦Lissamine green is a vital dye that stains dead and degenerating cells. The diagnosis of dry eye disease is not made based solely on patient history, clinical examination and clinical testing. All three are necessary to determine the presence, etiology, and severity of dry eye. Historically, the tests used to diagnosis dry eye assumed that a dry eye was dry, that there was insufficient tear production. Thus, tests of tear secretion, Schirmer’s 1 and 2 tests, basal tear secretion, cotton thread test, fluoresce in dilution, tear film osmolarity, tear turnover, and tear clearance were used and were important in the diagnosis of the dry eye. It was also recognized that ocular surface disease often accompanied the dry eye. Fluorescein, rose bengal and lissamine green dyes and impression cytology were used to assess the degree and severity of conjunctival and corneal involvement. Unfortunately, there seemed to be minimal if any correlation between symptoms and any of these clinical tests. In fact, there was generally no correlation between any of the tests.

Dry Eye Syndrome, Clinical Test, Diagnostic Assessment

"REVIEW ON DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF DRY EYE SYNDROME’S CLINICAL TESTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no.d101-d105, September-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209313.pdf

"REVIEW ON DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT OF DRY EYE SYNDROME’S CLINICAL TESTS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 9, page no. ppd101-d105, September-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2209313.pdf