Discussing The Correlation Between The Disease Type Of Dry Eye Disease In Chinese Medicine With Some Targets On Tear

Objectives:1. To analyze the main clinical symptoms of dry eye disease; and to discuss the principal focus of clinical diagnosis and treatment.2. To discuss the correlation between the disease type of dry eye disease in Chinese medicine with its tear river width, diagnosis results of SIT, BUT, FL, and the seriousness of the disease. To present some preliminary discussion about dialectic objectified, quantitative method of Chinese medicine in treating dry eye disease. Methods:1. Using the dry eye diagnosis and score standard of Professor Zhang Hancheng, we have collected 81 cases of dry eye patients according to the combined diagnosis by ophthalmologist and related clinics at the first affiliated hospital of Tianjin traditional Chinese medicine college from June 2004 to January 2005. We recorded various related data during the diagnosis process by using dry eye clinical observation form.2. Retrospectively study the clinical records of 81 cases (162 eyes) of dry eye patients, including gender, age, self-conscious symptoms, whole-body disease, lacrimal membrane break-up time( BUT), Schirmer I test (SIT), tear river width, fluorescent dye of cornea (FL) , lingua appearance, pulse appearance. We analyzed the data with statistic method.Results:1. In the 81 cases, the patients' ages range from 17 to 77 years old; 53.4 on average. Among the patients, there are 14 males (17.28%) and 67 females (82.72%). The ratio of male to female is about 1:5. In addition, there is an apparent high risk in the age group over 45 years old.2. There are many self-conscious symptoms in dry eye disease, while lacking specific symptoms. Dryness, feeling of foreign bodies in the eye, and eye fatigue are three common main symptoms of dry eye disease.