Corneal nerves are responsible for the sensations of touch, pain, and temperature and play
an important role in the blink reflex, wound healing, and tear production and secretion …

Topical ocular preparations are widely recommended by health care professionals, or
chosen by patients, to help manage dry eye disease (DED). The chronic and progressive …

Contact lens-related complications are common, affecting around one third of wearers,
although most are mild and easily managed. Contact lenses have well-defined anatomical …

In this article we review the mechanism of ocular surface staining. Water-soluble dyes are
excluded from the normal epithelium by tight junctions, the plasma membranes and the …

The purpose of this article is to provide a review of existing literature describing
complications with contemporary contact lenses and their management. It is envisioned that …

Some recent research has resulted in a hypothesis that there is a common'lid wiper'region
that is apposite to the ocular surface or anterior lens surface (where contact lenses are …

Despite their established disinfection and safety benefits, the use of hydrogen peroxide (H 2
O 2) lens care systems among today's wearers of reusable contact lenses remains low in …

The human tear film is a highly ordered structure consisting of a thin layer of lipid on the
surface and a thicker aqueous‐mucin phase, which increases in mucin concentration toward …

Contact lens solutions are highly complex mixtures of biocides (preservatives), surfactants,
and other agents designed to disinfect, clean, and wet contact lenses. The …

Soft contact lenses that have been prescribed by eye care practitioners are sometimes
substituted for alternative lenses by unqualified, unregulated and sometimes even fully …