Tears help your eyes to stay moist, healthy and comfortable. Dry eye syndrome causes your eyes to feel dry and irritated.
Dry eye can affect anyone, but it is more common as we get older
The most common symptoms are burning, irritation, grittiness, foreign body sensation and stinging.
Less commonly, one can experience itching, photophobia ( light sensitivity) and a tired, heavy feeling in the eyelids
There are many reasons for dry eye:
Treatment is multi-faceted. The main aims of treatment are to: