How to Prevent Dry Eyes from Cataract Surgery

A cataract is when the lens of the eye becomes cloudy. The lens is responsible for focusing light onto the retina. The reason for cloudiness could be due to protein changes in the lens.

Three (3) million Americans have cataract surgery each year.  The Federal government spending $3.4 billion through Medicare to treat cataracts.¹ Recent estimates indicate that approximately 15% of the US population older than age 65 has dry eye.² "If you assume that two million cataract patients are older than 65, and 15% have dry eye, then approximately 300,000 of the patients who undergo cataract surgery each year will suffer from dry eye."   
  
This represents 750,000 people worldwide. 

Why Dry Eyes after Cataract surgery?

Since majority of the cataracts occur in people who are over 65, they are also the group that is most prone to have dry eyes due to:

• Aging. – Dry eye is a common condition for people over 50.
• Trauma to the cornea during surgery – creating an uneven surface which causes friction when blinking.  Resulting in inflammation and dry eyes.

Preoperative care.

There are 3 important tests to be done to determine if the patient has dry eyes before surgery.

1. Rose Bengal Staining,
2. Schirmer’s Test ( or Zone Quick) to measure tear volume,
3. Tear Breakup Test to measure tear viscosity.

It would be well advised that patients ask for these tests to be done by their eye doctors before making a decision to have cataract surgery.
If dry eyes are detected before surgery, the recommendation is to treat dry eyes and get the cornea into the best condition it can be to minimize dry eye outcome after surgery.

Post Operative Care:

After cataract surgery the signs and symptoms of dry eyes typically get worse. Following surgery, patients are prescribed a number of eye drops, usually a steroid, antibiotic and an NSAID( pain killer) Prolonged use of postoperative medications may be one of the contributing factors of the patient's dry eye symptoms. In patients with OSD, it is best to stop or taper medications when they are no longer needed.

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Use TheraLife Eye for both pre-operative and post operative care.

The benefits of TheraLife Eye-

1. Effectively relief dry eyes without the use of eye drops and restore cornea to the best health it can be before surgery.
2. Post-operatively prevent dry eyes and maintain cornea health through accelerated healing, reduce inflammation, and continue secretion of balanced sustainable tear.
3. Avoid the use of steroids and side effects.

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Cataract Induced Chronic Dry Eyes- Relief by TheraLife Eye
After cataract surgery in 2007.  I started having problems with dry eyes.  My doctor prescribed several different types of eye drops, but none were effective.  He then put plugs in my tear ducts, and they became infected and must be removed.  He then suggested that I have my tear ducts cauterized- I did not feel comfortable about this permanent procedure.
I then thought about going on the internet and checking what else is available for dry eyes.  Amazon had information on TheraLife Eye that I found the most interesting. I place an order.  Needless to say, I saw a marked improvement and now I am on a maintenance dose of one capsule at breakfast and one at dinner.  2 capsules per day.  I wouldn’t be without TheraLife Eye.
B.G,  Virginia Beach, VA
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Hormone Imbalance and Dry Eyes in Women

Menopause Dry Eye affects more than 60% of the middle age women who are either peri-menopausal, in menopause or postmenopausal.

Hormone imbalance and aging is largely to blame.  Symptoms of menopause hot flashes, insomnia, vaginal dryness, mood swings, fatigue, headaches and dry eyes.  The eyes usually feel dry, itchy, red, irritated and light sensitive.

The most common solution for dry eye remains to be eye drops-, which covers up the symptoms, and over time with frequent usage, the drops wash away the mucin, lipids and proteins that protect the eye.  The eyes become conditioned to secrete less tears and become drier.  Another conventional approach is to block the eyes tear drainage system (punctal plugs) at the lower eyelids or sometimes both lower and upper eyelids.  In some cases, the drainage is permanently cauterized (closed) in order to back up tears to provide comfort.  In some cases, the plugs fall out, and the chances of eye infections increase due to poor drainage.

For moderate to severe dry eyes, very often, a prescription eye drop is prescribed.  When patients have tried all these approaches and their eyes still hurt that is where TheraLife Eye Enhanced can help.

Why TheraLife Enhanced Dry Eye?

TheraLife Eye Enhanced is an all natural botanical product that stimulates the tear glands to secrete sustainable, balanced,  natural tears.  It does so by an intra-cellular mechanism called Mito-Activiation where intracellular activities of the tear glands increase and restore its normal function.  TheraLife has conducted clinical trials in patients with various dry eye and medical conditions with amazing results.  See section below, which describes the TheraLife Eye Enhanced Difference.

Hormone Balance is Vital to Menopausal Dry Eye in Women.

Menopausal dry eye is usually initiated by hormone imbalance.  For this reason, TheraLife sought for a product that will help achieve hormone balance during dry eye therapy in conjunction with TheraLife Eye Enhanced.

TheraLife Eye- Women’s Menopausal Support Formula is formulated to the exacting specifications of certified nutritionists. It contains recommended potencies of key ingredients, Black Cohosh plus soy isoflavones are combined with essential nutrients like calcium, folic acid, and B-vitamins, that have been shown to support normal hormonal levels during menopause. This synergistic blend includes standardized herbal extracts and other nutrients which, together, form a truly well-balanced and effective product for women. an all-natural, herbal supplements made with natural ingredients to provide natural menopause symptom relief including dry eyes.  These work naturally in the body to reduce hot flashes, night sweats, and other menopausal symptoms.

Recommended Dosage TheraLife Eye-  Women’s Menopause Support:
 
TheraLife recommends 3 capsules/day of the TheraLife Dry Eye- Women’s Menopausal Support formula per day to produce optimum dry eye relief, taken along with TheraLife Eye Enhanced capsules.

Safety:

TheraLife Eye –Women’s Menopausal Support product has been tested to meet the highest standards. There are no known major side effects from the recommended use of TheraLife Menopausal
Support.  It does not contain artificial dyes, colors, preservatives, flavors, yeast, wheat, gluten, or lactose. Our top priority is our customers' safety and satisfaction.

In addition to TheraLife Eye Enhanced, ThearaLife Eye- Women’s Menopause Support, we also recommend Primrose Oil and Fish Oil.  See section under Total Support for Menopause Dry Eye.
In addition to TheraLife Eye Enhanced, ThearaLife Eye- Women’s Menopause Support, we also recommend Primrose Oil and Fish Oil.


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Azithromycin Found To Be More Effective Than Doxycycline In Treating Blepharitis and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

Azithromycin more effective than Doxycycline for Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Blepharitis.

Antibiotics are often used systemically to prevent Blepharitis eye infections in dry eye patients.  Blepharitis and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction often go hand in hand.


There are several studies concerning the use of topical azithromycin in ocular surface diseases. . Dr. Gary Foulks and his group at the University of Louisville compared the effectiveness of topical azithromycin versus oral doxycycline therapy in meibomian gland dysfunction and Belpharitis.

Twenty-two subjects were treated with topical azithromucin solution for one month and seven subjects were treated with oral doxycycline for two months. The study concluded that while both topical azithromycin and oral doxycycline improved clinical signs and symptoms of meibomian gland dysfunction, the "response to azithromycin is more rapid and more robust than doxycycline."
Yet another study from the Ohio State University School of Optometry evaluated the efficacy of a four-week treatment with topical 1.0% azithromycin solution versus rewetting drops in patients with contact lens related dry eye. An over two-hour improvement in comfortable contact lens wear time was noted throughout the four-week study period with azithromycin solution use.

Blepharitis being a chronic inflammation of the eye lid goes hand in hand with chronic dry eyes. Here is how TheraLife Eye can help!


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TheraLife Eye is an all natural oral formula that treats from inside out! It is uniquely formulated to restore normal cell functions to tear secretion glands intra-cellularly for sustainable, long lasting relief. Clinically proven to work for 80% of first time users.

 
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Why Success for Treating Dry Eyes Are Low in Doctor's Offices.

A recent “Industry News” article in the AOA News  reports several very interesting facts indicating the low rates of success in treating dry eyes in doctor's offices.

These facts include:
1) Nearly half of all U.S. adults (48%) experience one or more dry eye symptom(s) regularly;
2) 19% of women age 55 and older have experienced dry eye symptoms for more than 10 years,
3) 69% who experience one or more dry eye symptom(s) have not visited a eye care professional to treat symptoms
4) of those who visited an eye care professional to treat their dry eye symptoms, 19% visited more than once before finding relief, and 22% reported that they still have not found relief.
This market research indicates that dry eye complaints is more than any other ocular condition in a doctor's office. Potential patients self-treat (with or without clinician), experience significant visual and quality of life issues due to dry eye, and have not found substantial relief from the condition.  TheraLife is here to help.


Why is this happening?

Several possible reasons

1. Eye doctor's traditional training is through surface approach, such as eye drops.  Unfortunately, eye drops wash away the natural lubricants your eyes produce making eyes drier over time.

2. Capsules that claims to treat dry eyes are packed with oily materials in order to lubricate your eyes through systemic intake ( eating more oil and absorb through the gut.  This is approach works fine if your problem is lack of natural lubricant- indicating your meibomian gland is inactive.  It does not revive the meibomian glands to start secreting lubricants naturally.

3.  Capsules that contain lutein is good for macular degeneration prevention over a period of 10-15 years.  It does not relief dry eyes.  Often a confusion.

4. None of the capsules or drops deal with the inability of lacrimal glands to produce tears naturally.  Tear contain over 300 components that is difficult for artificial tears to reproduce.  The body requires constant tear secretion with the correct thickness in order to lubricate your eyes comfortably.

TheraLife Is Here To Help
TheraLife Eye restores normal cell functions to both lacrimal ( tear volume) and meibomian glands (lubricants) for balanced lasting relief all day long.  We highly recommend Omega 3 Fish Oil to be used concurrently in order to achieve maximum results.


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Rheumatoid Arthritis with Dry Eye Syndrome- Relief in One Week!

This is my story.  I want to share with people who has struggled with the same issues and seek help.

I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, which is one of the autoimmune disorders. My dry eye problems began last year, I started to notice that when I was driving I was blinking a lot because the light was bothering my eyes. We also moved to the mountains and it is very dry due to high altitude. This further aggravated my dry eyes. In the morning my eyes were stuck with gooey stuff. I could not read for long or watch T.V. because of the constant blinking. I also felt something were in my right eye, I could not wear eye makeup because of the irritation.

I went to my doctor, he told me to run a vaporizer and use over the counter eye drops, none of this helped. I had also heard from friends who had gone to their eye doctors for help and weren't helped very much. One was given a supply of prescription eye drop, but it made her eyes feel worse.
I found TheraLife on the internet and tried TheraLife Autoimmune Dry Eye formula – I noticed a difference in one week. This is an amazing product I highly recommend it.

I have told a friend about Therelife and she is going to try it !

One note of caution, I did find, as warned by the Theralife, that if I drank alcohol or caffeine that some of the symptoms came back, so I am being very careful about that so that my eyes will continue healing.

Paula H. Crestline, California.

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Tips for Computer Vision Syndrom Relief from NIH

For those who are suffering from Computer Vision Syndrome.  Your eyes are tired, can't focus and getting blurry vision.  You might be interested in this abstract from the National Institutes of Healt.

Computer vision syndrome (CVS) is a real problem for people who work in front of a computer screen all day long.  This often lead to chronic dry eye syndrome.  The symptoms of this dry eye condition includes headaches, blurred vision, neck pain, fatigue, eye strain, dry, irritated eyes, and difficulty refocusing the eyes. These symptoms can be made worse by improper lighting ie. bright fluorescent overhead lighting or glare,  or air moving past the eyes and face e.g. overhead vents, direct air from a fan.

The normal blink rate in human eyes is 16–20 per minute. Studies have shown for those working on computers, the blink rate decreases to 6–8 blinks/minute.  This leads to chronic dry eyes.    The long hours required for focusing the eyes puts strain on the ciliary muscles of the eye.

Tips on how you can help
Sometimes, rearranging your work place environment to create better ergonomics can help to reduce eye strain related to CVS.  A good pair of computer eyeglasses can help you see better at just the right distance range needed for viewing a computer screen.

Eye drops don't always help!

Most patients, however, reach for over the counter artificial tears, which washes away the thickening agents in the tear and make the tear easier to evaporate. The eyes feel even drier.

What is really needed is a way to treat from inside out with TheraLife Eye. .

How TheraLife Eye Can Help!
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Information gathered from www.nei.nih.gov/health/dryeye/dryeye

Story from an Eye Doctor- Use TheraLife Eye for Lasik, Contact Lens Dry Eye Relief

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I continue to hear from my patients who are contact lens wearers and LASIK surgery patients that indeed they are finding dry eye relief by taking TheraLife's remarkable formulation. As I have said before, the best available treatment that I have found for dry eyes is still TheraLife Eye, because it produces sustainable long-term results, good patient acceptance, contain all natural ingredients and, best of all, they work. Some eye drops, on the other hand, can actually make the dry eye condition worse.
I want to thank you for helping my patients get the eye relief that they can't find elsewhere and to encourage you to keep up the good job!
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