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[Dry eye and qualitative tear alteration in essential blepharospasm]

B Girard1, S Begnaud2

  • 1Service d'ophtalmologie, hôpital Tenon, Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, 4, rue de la Chine, 75970 Paris cedex 20, France; UPMC Sorbonne université, Paris, France.

Journal Francais D'Ophtalmologie
|February 12, 2022
PubMed
Summary

Benign Essential Blepharospasm (BEB) patients exhibit dry eye and basic tear pH, linked to conjunctival inflammation. These findings suggest corneo-conjunctival mechanisms contribute to BEB symptoms like photophobia and pain.

Keywords:
Acidité lacrymaleBEBBSEBlepharospasmBlépharospasmeBlépharospasme essentielBotulinum toxinConjunctival impressionDry eye syndromeEmpreinte conjonctivaleEssential BlepharospasmInflammation conjonctivaleInsuffisance lacrymalePHSchirmerSyndrome secTear acidityTear deficiencyTear electrophoresisToxine botuliqueconjunctival inflammationÉlectrophorèse lacrymale

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