Tear film flow and stability in acute and chronic conjunctivitis
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Ophthalmologica
- Vol. 65 (3), 303-305
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-3768.1987.tb08510.x
Abstract
Tear film flow and stability studies were carried out in patients suffering from acute and chronic conjunctivitis by performing Schirmer test-I and break-up-time (BUT) measurements. In this clinical study, patients with chronic conjunctival inflammation demonstrated a premature break-up of tear film despite normal amounts of aqueous tears. In acute catarrhal conjunctivitis the values of BUT were within normal limits, whereas the values of Schirmer test-I were significantly higher (t-test, P less than 0.001) and are considered to be due to reflex hypersecretion of tears.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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