Dry Eye Disease is actually more difficult to correctly diagnose than one would imagine and can easily be overlooked or confused with other eye conditions.

Typical symptoms include:

Yes, dry eyes can actually "water" due to the eye's attempts to make up for the poor quality tears... this reflex tearing produces a mostly watery fluid that does not adequately coat the eye and quickly evaporates.

Many of the standard tests for dry eye are complicated by the fact that tear quality and production can vary throughout the day and many of the physical signs of dry eye can occur in other conditions.

The Center for Eye Care's Dry Eye Clinic has recently acquired a new, sophisticated device to help properly diagnose and stage dry eye. The Occulogix Tear Lab® Osmolarity System measures the concentration or "saltiness" of a small tear sample and provides the first ever objective, quantifiable means to help diagnose and assess the severity of dry eye and to monitor the results of a treatment program.