Four years ago, Carolyn Adelsten woke up feeling like something was in her eye and it wouldn’t come out. She visited an eye specialist, got a diagnosis of mild dry eye disease and was told to use ...

Dry eyes occur when your eyes don’t produce enough tears or your tears evaporate too quickly, leading to inflammation on the surface of the eye. You might experience symptoms like a gritty sensation, ...

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Burning, itching, watering eyes. Few things are a bigger nuisance than irritated eyes, so it's no surprise there are so many options for dry eye relief. While various treatment options are available ...

Lay a clean washcloth soaked in warm water on your eyes, or wear a heated eye mask twice a day for 10 minutes, to loosen crusting and melt congealed oils that can clog tear glands; then, to clear ...

Even in those moments where there isn’t a dry eye in the room, chances are someone’s having trouble making tears. Roughly 15 million people in the United States alone have dry eye disease, a condition ...

We’re looking at you, Fluffy. “The most common reason for itchy eyes is allergies to environmental things like pet dander and pollen that can cause a condition called allergic conjunctivitis, which ...

Over 20 million Americans have dry eye disease, which means that their eyes don’t produce enough tears or their tears evaporate too quickly. Dry air, wind, certain autoimmune diseases, medications ...