REVIEWS


  • 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
Closed-chamber thermometry & Humidity is non-invasive, quick and a most reliable tool for diagnosing dry eye which met all objectives for any good dry eye test.

            This Special portable dry eye machine  is very useful in early diagnosing & treating dry eye from grade1 to grade4 . It detects the dry eyes in 5 secs which is never picked up by other dry eye tests.


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DRY EYE MACHINE    
(Based on Thermometery & Humidity Classification
First installation at 
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