A syndrome called, Dry Eye Syndrome of DES, clutches a big percentage of Americans. The severity of the problem could be estimated from the fact according to which about 7.8 per cent of the women and 4.7 per cent of the men who are older than 50 comes into the periphery of this syndrome.
According to the study published in the American Journal of Ophthalmology, DES is one of the most common reasons people seek eye care for. Revealing how severely this syndrome could affect human lives Dr. Debra A. Schaumberg of the Schepens Eye Research at Harvard Medical School sates:
The present study suggests that DES can have a significant impact on visual function that can diminish a person’s quality of everyday living. More specifically, the present study shows that crucial daily activities of modern living such as reading, computer use, professional work, driving and TV watching are all negatively impacted by DES.
This revelation is really quite appalling because DES could result in shortage of tears, damage to the eye surface, dryness and fluctuating visual disturbances, which could affect our day-to-day life quite badly.
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Via: Physorg