Corneal Thickness Changes in Patient Undergoing Dry Eye Managment

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

The purpose of this research is to the determine effect of dry eye and to compare the effect of artificial tears on central and peripheral corneal thickness.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Faisalabad
• Treatments: Dextrans

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

● Females with ages ranging between 18-40 years and OSDI scores greater than 13, ametropia of up to 1DS of SE with astigmatism of less than 0.5DC, and Emmetropes.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refractive error of more than ±1 Ds of SE and astigmatism of greater than ±0.5DC.

• Corneal surface disease other than dry eye disease.

• Corneal ectasia.

• Corneal or eyelid infections

• Age < 18 and >40 years.

• History of contact lens wears within the past three months.

• Male will be excluded because sex has a large influence on the symptomatology of DED Males have significantly low symptom scores as compared to females.

• Corneal surgeries.

• History of ocular /systemic disease within the past 6 months.

• The patients already receiving any kind of treatment for DED and other ocular diseases.