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Dry Eyes

Dry Eyes

On a typical summer day, people may spend 14 to 16 hours per day in an air-conditioned room, at work, or at home to escape the heat, and some of them may experience dryness, irritation, stickiness, itching, burning, and watering of the eyes. They may be developing a medical condition known as “dry eye,” also known as “Dry Eye Syndrome.” A sufficient quantity and quality of tears in the eyes are required for the eyes to feel and function normally. Dry eye syndrome is defined as a change in the quality or quantity of the three layers of the tear film – the oily (exterior), water/aqueous (middle), and protein layers (inner). Air conditioners are the most common cause of dry eyes.

The artificial air and temperature change caused by air conditioners can cause changes and effects in the body’s largest organ, the skin, as well as the immune system and the most delicate organ, the eyes. The extreme loss of humidity and resulting dryness in the air around us, particularly in low-temperature settings in AC, cause more evaporation from the watery layer of the tear film, resulting in evaporative dry eyes. Long-term exposure to such AC can also alter lipid production from glands in the eyelids, resulting in both changes in the quality and quantity of tear film and thus dry eyes.

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Tears have antimicrobial properties, and when there is insufficient lubrication, the eyes are more vulnerable to inflammation and infections, which can lead to vision loss. Prolonged staring at a computer or using a mobile phone (Computer Vision Syndrome) causes dry eyes.

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