As discussed in an earlier post, one of the most common symptoms of dry eye syndrome is tearing. Even with an explanation of how this occurs, many are unconvinced. How do you know that your doctor isn’t just telling you this to give you pause while he slips out of the exam room and on to his next patient. “Ah, the old dry eye ruse:” tell the patient that having too much tear is really related to having too little tear and...

I’m going to take a break from discussing cataract surgery today and focus on something even more common: dry eye syndrome.  One of the most common eye diseases I see is dry eye syndrome.  The most common symptom of dry eyes: tearing.  The most common response I get when I tell someone with tearing that they have dry eye syndrome: “My eyes can’t be dry.  They water all the time.” Yes, it appears to be...