Case report: high DK for dry eye.(Contact Lens Report)(Diffusionskonstante)(Acuvue 2 lens)

Review of Optometry, April, 2004 by Resnick, Susan

A 45-year-old, white male patient had tried many times over the past 16 years to wear contact lenses, but significant dry eye symptoms limited his wear to four hours per day on the weekends only. He had tried many lens materials and designs since but achieved no improvement in comfort and tolerance, so he resigned himself to contact lens failure.

The patient was in excellent general health with no significant ocular health history. He has been a patient in our office for some 16 years and every two years presents for routine examination and a trial with "new" contact lenses. He desires soft lenses only, as he is a "weekend athlete" and plays contact sports.

Anterior segment examination was within normal limits. Tear break-up time measured 7...

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