Methods: This was a cross-sectional study of individuals seen in the Miami Veterans Affairs
eye clinic. The evaluation consisted of questionnaires regarding dry eye symptoms and …

Chronic eye pain, which has previously been assumed to be due to ocular surface
abnormalities (ie,“dry eye [DE] disease”), has recently garnered attention as a potential …

purpose. To explore changes in corneal sensitivity that develop in patients with dry eye and
the relationship between sensibility and severity of the dry eye disease. methods …

The cornea is the most richly innervated surface tissue of the body. It receives its
predominantly sensory nerves from ciliary branches of the ophthalmic division of the …

Dry eye has gained recognition as a public health problem given its prevalence, morbidity,
and cost implications. Dry eye can have a variety of symptoms including blurred vision …

Objective To evaluate how closely neuropathic-like ocular pain (NOP) symptoms align with a
metric of central sensitisation (ie, the presence of persistent ocular pain after topical …

Objective Studies of patients with non-ocular pain suggest that it is therapeutically useful to
identify those with features of neuropathic pain. No data is available, however, on whether …

Methods A total of 32 eyes of 16 patients (10 Sjogren's syndrome and six non-Sjogren's
syndrome) and 19 eyes of 10 age-matched controls were studied. Sensitivity of the central …

Purpose To utilize the Pain Sensitivity Questionnaire (PSQ) to assess the influence of pain
sensitivity on perceptions of ocular discomfort and dryness. Methods Subjects completed a …

The cornea is a valuable tissue for studying peripheral sensory nerve structure and
regeneration due to its avascularity, transparency, and dense innervation. Somatosensory …