7 Dry Eye Treatments That Will Help You Feel Better Fast
Denise Mann, MS
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Sometimes your eyes sting so much that you never want to stop rubbing your eyeballs.
"The burning can feel like sandy grit is in your eyes, and this can cause eye fatigue, red eyes, sensitivity to light, and blurry vision," says Angela Bevels, an optometrist who runs Elite Dry Eye Spa in Tucson, Arizona. That's what life is like for the millions of people who live with dry eye.
Dry eye is much more than just a nuisance, she says. "When you are dealing with it every day, you use eye drops all day, your eyes are always red, and it really affects your quality of life." When it's really bad, it can also impair your productivity at work and at home, according to a 2020 study published in the journal