[Dry Eye – not always easy to detect]

Dry Eye Disease (DED) is in its milder forms often fairly easy to diagnose and to fairly easy treat in a way satisfactory for the patient. In moderate to severe DED or in patients who show no solid signs of dry eye despite suffereing from severe symptoms, diagnosis and treatment is often much more difficult. A systematic approach is required, but both the patient and the doctor need patience, too. Patient education and training is one focus in the therapy. In addition, this multifactorial disease often needs further evaluation, if clinically plausible, in the fields of dermatology, gastroenterology, rheumatology and endocrinology.