Recently, online health sites all over the net featured articles stating that dry eyes were linked with menopause. Of course, the articles involved didn’t say it was a new discovery, but instead, they were talking about how few women actually know that menopause can cause dry eyes.

But that really isn’t the focus of today’s post. What is though is how LASIK eye correction surgery can, like menopause, result in dry eyes. Like long-term contact lens wear, LASIK tends to decrease corneal sensation, and thus, can result in dry eyes. Ironically, those same dry eyes prevent you from having LASIK in the first place. So, no second time for you if you happen to get chronic dry eyes as a result of your first.

And how do we treat these dry eyes? First and foremost, getting to an eye doctor for inspection should be a priority. But if you really want to avoid doctors, you could go straight for eye drops. In the long term, some doctors suggest increasing intake of omega-3 fatty acids.

[News via Foodconsumer.org]