Specialist eye clinic, Midland Eye, opens its Dry Eye Clinic

Midland Eye announces the opening of its specialist Dry Eye Clinic.

Midland Eye, based in Solihull, has a team of ophthalmic experts with specialist expertise in the treatment of Dry Eyes, which is thought to affect over 43% of the UK population.

Dry Eye becomes more common as we age and is essentially down to the fact that our eyelids become less efficient at distributing our tears when we blink.

Usually, when a person blinks, a thin layer of liquid, called the tear film, is spread over the surface of your eye. This film keeps this part of your eye healthy and helps the eye focus properly. However, anything that interferes with the balance of your tear film has the potential to cause Dry Eye.

The symptoms range from irritating to horribly uncomfortable and include one’s eyes being itchy, gritty, sore, blurry or red. You may be sensitive to light and / or your eyes may be more watery than usual.

So how can the new Midland Eye Dry Eye Clinic help?

The Clinic’s specialist team can identify the causes of the Dry Eye and then recommend and implement the best treatment for the patient, from a range of new cutting-edge options.

There are a number of key causes of Dry Eye including: heavy use of digital devices; living in dry environments; prolonged contact lens wear; dietary deficiency of essential fatty acids; health conditions (diabetes, lupus, arthritis, sjogren syndrome, etc.); medications (antiallergic drugs, beta-blockers, birth control pills, etc.); deficient tear production; and hormonal changes in women.

The team of experts at Midland Eye intimately understands the various causes of Dry Eye and is dedicated to providing personalised care to address each unique situation. Not only can they identify and mitigate the causes, they can also implement cutting-edge specialist technology, including new techniques that use non-laser treatments to transfer thermal energy to the skin around the eyes, which quickly and safely corrects Dry Eyes. And for those suffering with Meibomian Gland Dysfunction or MGD (a common cause of Dry Eye) Midland Eye uses the latest, pain-free approach called IPL (Intense Pulsed Light).

Professor Sunil Shah, Consultant Ophthalmologist and Co-founder of Midland Eye, said: “We are only too aware at Midland Eye that Dry Eye Disease can make even simple daily tasks uncomfortable, and we want to help our clients break free from its grip and start enjoying life again. Our tailored treatments can help them rediscover the world with clear, comfortable eyes and we are very much looking forward to helping many people achieve this goal”.