Mansfield, MA508-339-3952
Dry Eye Therapy
Your eyes rely on tears to keep them clean, to lubricate them, and to protect them from bacteria and foreign bodies. When your tears aren’t doing all the things they’re supposed to, it can make your eyes feel irritated and uncomfortable. In extreme cases, it may even lead to corneal ulcers and scarring. We call a chronic lack of healthy tears dry eye or dry eye disease.
Hayden Optometric Inc. would like to help find the cause of your dry eyes and provide a solution to treat your symptoms.
Symptoms of Dry Eye
The symptoms of dry eye disease may include:
- Redness
- Burning or irritation
- Gritty feeling
- Foreign body sensation
- Stringy discharge
- Periods of excessive tearing
- Sensitivity to light
- Glare or halos around lights
- Eye fatigue
- Itchiness
Types of Dry Eye
Aqueous Deficiency Dry Eye
Your eyes need a certain volume of tears to function at an optimal level. Some cases of dry eye develop when the tear glands simply don’t produce the sufficient tear volume to keep the eyes hydrated.
Evaporative Dry Eye
Healthy tears contain an oil called meibum which keeps the tears from evaporating off of the eye’s surface too quickly. If the meibomian glands become blocked or they don’t produce enough meibum, the tears no longer have the protective film they need to keep them from evaporating. As the tears continue to evaporate, the eyes become dry and irritated.
Your Treatment Options
Punctal Plugs
Your upper and lower eyelids feature drainage ducts designed to give excess tears somewhere to go. Punctal plugs are small biocompatible devices which are inserted into the drainage ducts. With the drainage ducts blocked, the tears can stay on the eye’s surface, hydrating it more effectively.
Dietary Supplements
In addition to other potential eye health benefits, certain dietary supplements like omega-3 fatty acids may help prevent or treat dry eye by giving your body’s systems, including your visual system, all of the nutrients it needs to function properly.
Dr. Hayden has formulated his own line of omega-3s to keep your eyes healthy and comfortable.
Hygienic Eye Wipes
In some cases, dry eye disease is linked to another condition called blepharitis. One of the most important elements of preventing and treating blepharitis is maintaining anf eyelid hygiene routine. Some patients like to use gentle baby shampoo to cleanse your their upper and lower lids and lashes every day.
We recommend purchasing a cleanser specifically designed to clean the eyelids and prevent the buildup of biofilm. Dr. Hayden has created a line of eye wipes for the express purpose of maintaining eyelid hygiene and health.
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94 N Main StMansfield, MA 02048
Why Choose Hayden Optometric?
Our Brands
Our Brands
Your eyes are unique, and so is your sense of style, which is why selecting your frames and lenses is a very personal choice. Your frames should fit your sense of style, and your lenses should suit your vision needs. Hayden Optometric Inc. is proud to offer a wide variety of brands so that we can help you find the frames and lenses that best suit your needs and style.
We're Revolutionizing Eye Care
We're Revolutionizing Eye Care
Hayden Optometric wants to be a thought leader in the eye health industry. We are always dedicated to making life better for our patients. In fact, our own Dr. Joel Hayden has leveraged his knowledge as an optometrist and nutritionist to develop his own line of eye wipes and fish oil to bolster your eye health.
HALT
HALT
Dr. Hayden is also the founder of HALT Myopia; the Hayden Advanced Lens Therapy System. Designed for nearsighted kids, HALT Myopia has been called “LASIK for kids,” only without lasers, scalpels, pain, recovery, or risk of overcorrection.
The Future of Eye Health Technology
The Future of Eye Health Technology
We really value innovation. That’s why we rely on some of the most advanced technology available to help us examine, diagnose, and treat all of our patients. When you choose Hayden Optometric, you know you’re getting some of the most state-of-the-art equipment the industry has to offer.
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