Dry Eyes

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Dry eyes can create irritating symptoms like a scratchy, dry, sandy feeling in the eyes. Dr. Steven Chander will examine your symptoms and glands to determine the best treatment. Primary Eye Care Associates offers treatment for varying degrees of dry eyes and to eliminate your symptoms and help you live without irritation.

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1 00:00:13.560 --> 00:00:18.556 Dry Eye is probably the most underrated ocular surface disease 2 00:00:18.557 --> 00:00:19.871 that patients suffer from. 3 00:00:20.040 --> 00:00:21.970 Some of our patients put up with it, 4 00:00:21.971 --> 00:00:25.325 but essentially it's what we call a multifactorial disease 5 00:00:25.326 --> 00:00:28.200 that affects the surface of the front part of the eye. 6 00:00:28.230 --> 00:00:30.571 There are varying symptoms all the way from 7 00:00:30.671 --> 00:00:34.543 a dry, scratchy, sandy feeling into the eye 8 00:00:34.544 --> 00:00:37.203 to an eye that's excessively watering 9 00:00:37.257 --> 00:00:40.271 where patients are feeling like their eyes are tearing up all the time. 10 00:00:40.450 --> 00:00:44.300 Certain elements of redness and even blurry vision can manifest 11 00:00:44.330 --> 00:00:47.860 as a result of, again, different varying degrees of dry eye. 12 00:00:47.890 --> 00:00:51.500 In our dry eye center of excellence, when we are counseling patients 13 00:00:51.530 --> 00:00:56.480 for their dry eye disease, we will evaluate the patient's glands. 14 00:00:56.480 --> 00:00:59.358 There are about 20 of these glands in the lower eyelid 15 00:00:59.558 --> 00:01:03.420 that serve to function to create the enzymes and antibodies 16 00:01:03.450 --> 00:01:07.740 that we need to prevent not only dryness, allergy, and infection, 17 00:01:07.770 --> 00:01:13.643 but create a sense of lubricity for those 14,000 blinks that we do every day. 18 00:01:13.786 --> 00:01:17.490 So without that glide of the eyelid over the ocular surface, 19 00:01:17.690 --> 00:01:18.930 we tend to get friction. 20 00:01:18.960 --> 00:01:24.780 So the eyelid is now rubbing on the eye, which creates an element of inflammation. 21 00:01:24.810 --> 00:01:26.720 That's where the redness comes from, 22 00:01:26.750 --> 00:01:30.560 the scratchy, dry, sandy feeling in the eye as well.

Dr. Steven Chander

Primary Eye Care Associates

Primary Eye Care Associates is a family-friendly vision care practice in Chicago. Led by our eye doctor, Dr. Steven Chander, our practice provides a variety of services, features a state-of-the-art optical laboratory, and includes an optical boutique with designer frames. Dr. Chander is certified by:

  • The National Board of Examiners in Optometry
  • The American Optometric Association

To schedule an appointment with our team, please fill out our online form or call (773) 735-6090.

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