Key takeaways:

It is essential for ophthalmologists to think about dry eye holistically and treat every aspect of the condition.

Proper diagnostics are critical for management.

Innovative therapies have ushered in a new era of treatment in dry eye care, with targeted agents capable of addressing specific causes of the disease.

However, some patients experience serious symptoms because they cannot access these game-changing therapies. Healio | OSN Board Member Darrell E. White, MD, said there are a few factors to explain this.

Image: Courtesy of Ivan Mac, MD, MBA

“One of the big barriers is something that hasn’t changed in forever, and that’s the notion that dry eye disease is not a disease, that it’s just an inconvenience that’s more of a lifestyle impediment,” he said. “That is, o

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