Your Dry Eye Mystery Solved: Reversing Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Restoring Hope

Your Dry Eye Mystery Solved: Reversing Meibomian Gland Dysfunction, Restoring Hope Description

Ophthalmologist Steven Maskin provided readers with an overview of Dry Eye syndrome in Reversing Dry Eye Syndrome (Yale University Press, 2007), clarifying what the syndrome is, why it happens, and the best ways to manage and treat it.

In Your Dry Eye Mystery Solved, he discusses his most current findings and therapies for Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD), a condition that causes oil-producing tear glands in the eyelids to get blocked and is the fundamental cause of Dry Eye syndrome. These glands are essential for comfortable eyes and clear vision, but when they aren’t functioning properly, they can also lead to excruciating pain and a variety of other symptoms.

Here’s what you will learn in this book:

Front Matter

Table of Contents

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1 Meibomian Gland Dysfunction: The Most Common Factor in Dry Eye

CHAPTER 2 The Eye

CHAPTER 3 The Meibomian Gland

CHAPTER 4 Meibomian Gland Dysfunction Explored

CHAPTER 5 Comorbidities and Cofactors

CHAPTER 6 Symptoms: Living with Pain

CHAPTER 7 The Last Day of My Life

CHAPTER 8 Seven Principles of Meibomian Glands and Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

CHAPTER 9 The Diagnosis

CHAPTER 10 Treating Meibomian Gland Dysfunction and Comorbidities

CHAPTER 11 Intraductal Meibomian Gland Probing: The Maskin Probe and Protocol

CHAPTER 12 Guidelines for Managing Your Life with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Back Matter