Medical Support of Adaptation to Refractive Errors with Age

Abstract

Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment with Optinol on the condition of the ocular surface in people over 35 years of age with refractive error. Patients and methods. The study was carried out in two clinical and in the control group. The first group included 74 patients (148 eyes) with moderate (group 1a) and high (group 1b) myopia, mean age 38.3 ± 0.4 years. The second group consisted of 49 patients (98 eyes) with moderate (group 2a) and high (group 2b) hypermetropia, mean age 42.3 ± 0.5 years. The control group included 25 healthy individuals (50 eyes), mean age 38.2 ± 1.4 years. The anamnesis of patients, complaints and concomitant diseases were assessed by the questionnaire method. Conclusion. The results of the study proved the influence of moderate and high hypermetropia on the likelihood of dry eye syndrome (DES).

Keywords

• dry eye syndrome (des)
• myopia
• astigmatism
• hypermetropia
• tear film (tp)