No significant difference found in dry eye symptoms of headache sufferers

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – Dry eye symptoms were elevated in patients having both migraine and tension headaches, but no statistically significant differences were found in symptoms when comparing the two groups.

Researchers said the high variability in dry eye symptom severity indicated the need for studies of larger numbers of patients, in a poster presented here at the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology meeting.

Lead author Scott Hauswirth, OD, a Primary Care Optometry News Editorial Board member, explained that previous papers have established a trend of dry eye …

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