- The Schirmer test gives a good clinical measure of tear flow but is fraught with many errors, including the quality of the paper used and the techniques employed, and is therefore still a gross test of an unphysiological variety.
- The various dye dilution tests are subjective and involve sampling errors.
- The fluorometric technique of Maurice and Wright is also not suitable for clinical use.
- Tear film break-up time (TBUT) may vary in the same patient and is unreliable
- Symptomatology /Questionaire of dry eye :- 1) individual symptom score did not have a specificity and sensitivity to diagnose dry eye disease; 2) the individual symptomatology did not match the severity of dry eye disease; 3) the severity score by itself did not prove useful for diagnosis of dry eye.
DR. HANSPAL BHINDER THERMOMETRY AND HUMIDITY DRY EYE CLASSIFICATION
Grade1 (MILD): Thermometry difference between closed and open eye was 0.0±0.0 ºC.
Humidity difference from closed to open eye position was 0.99±0.03 RH% (0.9-1.0RH%).
Grade 2 (MODERATE): Thermometry difference between closed and open eyes was 0.0±0.0 ºC. Humidity difference was ?1.0 RH%-1.5 RH% (1.21±0.14 RH%).
Grade 3 (SEVERE): Thermometry difference between closed and open eyes was 0.0±0.0 ºC. Humidity difference was ?1.5-2.0 RH% (1.82±0.14 RH%).
Grade4 (VERY SEVERE): Thermometry difference between closed and open eyes was 0.0±0.0 ºC. Humidity difference was > 2.0 RH% (2.44±0.41 RH%).
* (G.Singh & Bhinder Hanspal; Relationship of symptomatology with closed chamber infrared thermometry and humidity in dry eyes; European Journal of Ophthalmology / Vol. 15 no. 2, 2005 / pp. 186-195)
Advantage of Closed Chamber Thermometry & Humidity in Dry Eyes
- Very Early detection of the dry eye only with this test.
- The only test to detect dry eye in reflex epiphora
- Proper monitoring of the dry eye patient
- Detection of the degree of potency of wetting agent
- When to stop medication
- Non-invasive, Quick
- Quantification of values
- Not affected by environmental factors
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