http://ophthalmologytimes.modernmedicin ... discoveredThere appears to be an association between chronic pain syndromes, mental health, and dry eye, which, according to the researchers who identified this link, might indicate a central pain disorder.
If this is the case, a new approach is needed for diagnosis and treatment of these patients to improve patient outcomes.
In their recent publication in The Journal of Pain (2015; Dec 1.epub), investigators led by Anat Galor, MD, MSPH, explained that recent research has shown “that dry eye susceptibility and other chronic pain syndromes such as chronic widespread pain, irritable bowel syndrome, and pelvic pain, might share common heritable factors.”
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