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Dry eye patients have been divided primarily into two categories, evaporative or tear production-deficient.1 In both cases, increased tear evaporation and by extension, evaporation rate, is a significant parameter in the etiology and pathogenesis of dry eye. Paradoxically, the use of tear supplements has been shown to exacerbate tear evaporative loss.2 Theoretically, tear supplements should cause minimal increases in evaporation and ideally, should reduce evaporation of the tear film.
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Pearce, E.I., Tomlinson, A., Blades, K.J., Falkenberg, H.K., Lindsay, B., Wilson, C.G. (2002). Effect of an Oil and Water Emulsion on Tear Evaporation Rate. In: Sullivan, D.A., Stern, M.E., Tsubota, K., Dartt, D.A., Sullivan, R.M., Bromberg, B.B. (eds) Lacrimal Gland, Tear Film, and Dry Eye Syndromes 3. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 506. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_59
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