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Suggest Treatment For Dryness And Burning Feeling In Left Eye After Injury
Question: i had injured on my left eye on job by chemical since 2012,after that i had dry eye & burning eye i have been seen one of the workers comp. doctor since, he is not doing much for me.
Brief Answer:
Artificial tears eye drops are required for symptomatic relief.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to Health care magic
I am Dr. DADAPEER K, an Ophthalmologist and I will be answering your question.
I reviewed your history.
It seems from the history that you are having dry eyes following chemical injury.
Dry eyes is usually aggravated by exposure to computer.
Hence you are probably having dry eyes.
Restasis is cyclosporine and is effective in treating dry eyes.
But for better symptomatic relief it needs to be used with artificial tears like refresh tears.
If the symptoms does not resolve then evaluation to rule out damage to the ocular surface and severity of dry eyes needs to be evaluated.
Hope I have answered your question and the information is helpful to you.
Do write back to me for further questions.
Thank you
Artificial tears eye drops are required for symptomatic relief.
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Welcome to Health care magic
I am Dr. DADAPEER K, an Ophthalmologist and I will be answering your question.
I reviewed your history.
It seems from the history that you are having dry eyes following chemical injury.
Dry eyes is usually aggravated by exposure to computer.
Hence you are probably having dry eyes.
Restasis is cyclosporine and is effective in treating dry eyes.
But for better symptomatic relief it needs to be used with artificial tears like refresh tears.
If the symptoms does not resolve then evaluation to rule out damage to the ocular surface and severity of dry eyes needs to be evaluated.
Hope I have answered your question and the information is helpful to you.
Do write back to me for further questions.
Thank you
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