Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 28, 2025
Comparing Objective Conjunctival Hyperemia Grading and the Ocular Surface Disease Index Score in Dry Eye Syndrome During COVID-19
Published on: May 25, 2022
Analysis of diagnostic tests in patients with dry eye and hypothyroidism: an observational study
A R Caycedo Lozano1, W A Arias Ortiz2, V Martín3
1Servicio de Oftalmología General Oftalmosanitas, Bogotá, Colombia.
Purpose:
Colombia is a country with a high prevalence of hypothyroidism, approximately 18.5% compared to the rest of Latin American countries, which is estimated at 10%. That is why in the ophthalmology consultation we find a large proportion of patients with this disease and who also present symptoms of dry eye. When conducting a search in the medical literature, most publications refer to the clinical presentation of dry eye in hyperthyroidism, which is why the main objective of this study is to evaluate tear function tests in the diagnosis of dry eye in patients with hypothyroidism.
Methods:
This is an observational, cross-sectional study carried out in the period between May and December 2019 in the ocular surface unit of the Ophthalmic Technology Center (CTO) in Bogotá. The tests of: OSDI test (Ocular Surface Disease Index), Schirmer type I, tear meniscus height, NiBUT, Osmolarity, Ferning test, Lisamine Green test of 59 patients with Dry Eye Disease (DED) and history of hypothyroidism.
Results:
Schirmer type I and NiBUT tests were the parameters that presented the highest percentage of severity, while lissamine green staining and meniscometry showed a tendency to normality.
Conclusions:
The population of this study presents a mixed type dry eye without epithelial cell damage.
