Dry eye disorder common complication in LASIK patients, FDA warns dry eye syndrome can be permanent
southeas...@hotmail.com
"Dry eye, a disorder of the tear film caused by tear deficiency or
excessive tear evaporation, is a relatively common complication for
patients undergoing LASIK."
http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/LASIK/risks.htm
"Some patients may develop severe dry eye syndrome. As a result of
surgery, your eye may not be able to produce enough tears to keep the
eye moist and comfortable. Dry eye not only causes discomfort, but can
reduce visual quality due to intermittent blurring and other visual
symptoms. This condition may be permanent. Intensive drop therapy and
use of plugs or other procedures may be required."
Scott
older people of both sexes. The condition affects two-to-three times more women
than men. About six million women and three million men in the U.S. have
moderate or severe symptoms of the disease, and scientists estimate that an
additional 20 to 30 million people in this country have mild cases of dry eye."
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when their corneal nerves are cut and/or burned by the procedure.
Corneal nerve density and function may never return to normal.
Debilitating dry eye disease induced by LASIK can occur in young
patients with no risk factors or family history of dry eye. Yes, dry
eye is common in older individuals and can occur naturally as part of
the aging process. Imagine what will happen to the 17 million or more
patients in the US who have had LASIK as they begin to age...
moderate natural dry eye may become debilitating dry eye for the aging
post-LASIK - destroying their quality of life in their golden years.
I had no dry eye symptoms of any kind before LASIK - now I feel like
someone threw sand in my eyes every day. I have stinging and burning
years after my surgery. Since my LASIK surgery I always have evidence
of ocular surface disease when I have an eye exam.
LASIK is a harmful procedure to more than corneal nerves. Dry eye
disease that is routinely *induced* by corneal refractive surgeries
should be enough to have these procedures STOPPED. Patients are not
receiving full informed consent as to the severity and chronic nature
of post-refractive surgery dry eye disease. There are patients who are
disabled from the dry eye complication in the absence of disabling
visual complications.
Explain to me why a young male in his twenties can have a single
wavefront procedure in each eye and end up with dry eye disease so
severe that he cannot sleep through the night. He wakes up with his
eyes dried stuck to his eyelids each morning and has to walk with his
eyes closed to the shower. This is a very painful, permanent
condition. His surgery was several years ago, and he has seen no
improvement. He has no pre-existing medical conditions, family history
or risk factors for dry eye... other than LASIK eye surgery. He
produced tears normally before LASIK eye surgery. After LASIK eye
surgery he has a Schirmer's of zero.
For more information, read The LASIK Report at http://www.thelasikreport.com
and also check out the dry eye section on the flap at http://www.lasikflap.com/forum
serebel
>> "Dry eye, a disorder of the tear film caused by tear deficiency or
> excessive tear evaporation, is a relatively common complication for
> patients undergoing LASIK."
>
> surgery, your eye may not be able to produce enough tears to keep the
> eye moist and comfortable. Dry eye not only causes discomfort, but can
> reduce visual quality due to intermittent blurring and other visual
> symptoms. This condition may be permanent. Intensive drop therapy and
> use of plugs or other procedures may be required."
This horse is immortal. These flappies hve been beating this dead
horse forever.
Scott
they have about four stories that go round and round and round...
first by one of them, then by another etc... etc...
quite humorous really.
"serebel" <ser...@aol.com> wrote in message
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> On Mar 11, 9:43 pm, southeasteyec...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
SNIP blah blah blah
Ragnar
thoroughly explained over a hundred times in this newsgroup? You are
wrong, everybody reading this newsgroup knows you are wrong. This is
not surprising since you have proven yourself to be wrong about just
about everything you post.
I find it especially disturbing that you resort to just making things
up that are not true.
How old are you? Is there any chance you might die of old age and
spare us more of your garbage? You are helping nobody. At most you
are just annoying people and wasting their time.
On 11 Mar 2007 20:06:28 -0700, southeas...@hotmail.com wrote:
>Dry eye disorder is INDUCED in corneal refractive surgery patients
>when their corneal nerves are cut and/or burned by the procedure.
>Corneal nerve density and function may never return to normal.
>Debilitating dry eye disease induced by LASIK can occur in young
>patients with no risk factors or family history of dry eye. Yes, dry
>eye is common in older individuals and can occur naturally as part of
>the aging process. Imagine what will happen to the 17 million or more
>patients in the US who have had LASIK as they begin to age...
>moderate natural dry eye may become debilitating dry eye for the aging
>post-LASIK - destroying their quality of life in their golden years.
>
>I had no dry eye symptoms of any kind before LASIK - now I feel like
>someone threw sand in my eyes every day. I have stinging and burning
>years after my surgery. Since my LASIK surgery I always have evidence
>of ocular surface disease when I have an eye exam.
>
>
serebel
>
> I find it especially disturbing that you resort to just making things
> up that are not true.
> How old are you? Is there any chance you might die of old age and
> spare us more of your garbage? You are helping nobody. At most you
> are just annoying people and wasting their time.
>
Maybe the flappies can pile into a van, take a ride over to Leukoma's
and do the Hale Bop thing. I'll pay for the gas.
