Dry eye disease cases have greatly increased due to modern digital screen habits, environmental changes, polypharmacy and extended life expectancies. Although there are various prescription drugs for dry eye disease management, patients often self-medicate with other-the-counter artificial tears. In an attempt to understand the immediate impact of such eye drops on dry eyes, a team of Columbian researchers turned to 2017’s Dry Eye Workshop II (DEWS II) for inspiration on how to better understand the disease and develop a new study. The basis for this study is rooted in the framework presented in DEWS II, which explained that dry eye is a multifactorial disease and noted that hyperosmolarity plays an important part in perpetuating the “vicious circle” of inflammation and cell damage. Read More