Meibomian gland dysfunction and dry eye symptoms of fitted and over the counter contact lens wearers compared with non-contact lens wearing controls
Reut Ifrah
Abstract:(English) Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is a chronic and diffuse abnormality of the meibomian glands (MGs) that occurs in 38% of contact lens (CL) wearers, though the influence of CLs on MGD is equivocal. A topical literature review examining the influence of CL wear on MGs found 15 studies reporting an effect of CLs on MGs vs. seven studies who did not. Discrepancies may be due to varying definitions of MGD, types of questionnaires, assessment methods, CL types, and measurement of one vs. both eyelids. Th… Show more
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