Neuropathic pain and dry eye

A Galor, HR Moein, C Lee, A Rodriguez, ER Felix… - The ocular …, 2018 - Elsevier
Dry eye is a common, multifactorial disease currently diagnosed by a combination of
symptoms and signs. Its epidemiology and clinical presentation have many similarities with …

Chronic dry eye symptoms after LASIK: parallels and lessons to be learned from other persistent post-operative pain disorders

AE Levitt, A Galor, JS Weiss, ER Felix… - Molecular …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Laser in-situ keratomileusis (LASIK) is a commonly performed surgical procedure used to
correct refractive error. LASIK surgery involves cutting a corneal flap and ablating the stroma …

[HTML][HTML] Neuropathic ocular pain due to dry eye is associated with multiple comorbid chronic pain syndromes

A Galor, D Covington, AE Levitt, KT McManus… - The journal of pain, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent data show that dry eye (DE) susceptibility and other chronic pain syndromes (CPS)
such as chronic widespread pain, irritable bowel syndrome, and pelvic pain, might share …

Dry eye symptom severity and persistence are associated with symptoms of neuropathic pain

A Galor, L Zlotcavitch, SD Walter, ER Felix… - British journal of …, 2015 - bjo.bmj.com
Objective Studies of patients with non-ocular pain suggest that it is therapeutically useful to
identify those with features of neuropathic pain. No data is available, however, on whether …

[HTML][HTML] ω-3 tear film lipids correlate with clinical measures of dry eye

SD Walter, K Gronert, AL McClellan… - … & visual science, 2016 - iovs.arvojournals.org
Purpose: ω-3 and ω-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids modulate inflammatory processes
throughout the body through distinct classes of lipid mediators that possess both …

Neuropathic ocular surface pain: emerging drug targets and therapeutic implications

S Patel, R Mittal, KD Sarantopoulos… - Expert opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Dysfunction at various levels of the somatosensory system can lead to ocular
surface pain with a neuropathic component. Compared to nociceptive pain (due to noxious …

Incomplete response to artificial tears is associated with features of neuropathic ocular pain

A Galor, H Batawi, ER Felix, TP Margolis… - British journal of …, 2016 - bjo.bmj.com
Aims Artificial tears are first-line therapy for patients with dry eye symptoms. It is not known,
however, which patient factors associate with a positive response to therapy. The purpose of …

Patients with more severe symptoms of neuropathic ocular pain report more frequent and severe chronic overlapping pain conditions and psychiatric disease

AM Crane, RC Levitt, ER Felix… - British Journal of …, 2017 - bjo.bmj.com
Objective To study chronic pain and mental health profiles in patients with dry eye (DE)
symptoms, comparing those with high and low levels of neuropathic ocular pain (NOP) …

Dry eye profiles in patients with a positive elevated surface matrix metalloproteinase 9 point-of-care test versus negative patients

NL Lanza, AL McClellan, H Batawi, ER Felix… - The ocular …, 2016 - Elsevier
Purpose To compare dry eye (DE) symptoms and signs in subjects who tested positive
versus those who tested negative for ocular surface matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) …

Evidence of central sensitisation in those with dry eye symptoms and neuropathic-like ocular pain complaints: incomplete response to topical anaesthesia and …

AM Crane, W Feuer, ER Felix, RC Levitt… - British Journal of …, 2017 - bjo.bmj.com
Objective To evaluate how closely neuropathic-like ocular pain (NOP) symptoms align with a
metric of central sensitisation (ie, the presence of persistent ocular pain after topical …