Clinical-ophthalmologic behavior of the dry eye syndrome

Abstract

Introduction: the dry eye syndrome or dry keratoconjunctivitis is, nowadays, one of the most frequent ocular disorders.
Objective: to assess the clinical behavior of the dry eye syndrome in the cornea consultation.
Materials and methods: a prospective, descriptive, observational study was carried out in 103 patients with diagnosis of dry eye syndrome who came to the Service of Cornea of the Clinical Surgical  University Hospital “Comandante Faustino Pérez”, of Matanzas, between November 2013 and November 2016. The clinical epidemiological variables, the ophthalmologic examination, the Schirmer´s test and BUT were analyzed.
Results: the age group that predominated was the 60-69 years group, and female gender. Systematic medication was the risk factor showing higher percent.  The predominant symptom was eye dryness, while the reduction of the lachrymal meniscus was present in most of the patients. The BUT as much as the Schirmer´s test were altered in 81.5 % and 65 % of the studied persons respectively.
Conclusions: the dry eye syndrome is a disease frequently found in the ophthalmological practice; the recognition of its clinical elements contributes to its precise diagnosis.