What is Dry Eye?
Our eye is coated with a precise liquid mixture known as tears. Tears lubricate the eye to provide comfort as well as clear vision.
If the body’s not correctly creating the tear mixture, or if the mid tier mixture evaporates from your eye too quickly, you may experience dry eyes symptoms.
Dry Eye (Ocular Surface Disease) | The Canadian Association of Optometrists
What are the symptoms of Dry Eyes?
- Redness
- Burning
- Gritty
- Soreness
- Scratchy
- Fluctuation between clear and blurry vision
In response to dry eyes, some people experience excessive tearing.
This is a natural reflex of the eyes in an attempt to relieve the irritation.
Causes of Dry Eye
-Normal aging
-Side effects of numerous medications
-General health conditions
-Eye injuries or surgeries
-Hormonal changes
-Smoking
-Sun/UV exposure
-Excessive computer use or gaming
-Contact lens wear
-etc….
Medications that may cause dry eye
-Mood Stabilizers, by blocking signals between nerve cells
-Antihistamines, counteract allergic reactions
-Decongestants, which which decisively hinders the mucin layer
-Hormone Replacements & Birth Control, that appears to interfere with adequate aqueous layer production.
-Hypertension Medication, that affects the lacrimal gland, leading to dry eye symptoms
-Acne Control Medication, making the oil layer underperforms
-Parkinson’s Disease Medication, that involves blocking overactive receptors between nerves and muscles
-Pain Relievers
-Gastrointestinal Medications
-Chemotherapy Medications
-Antipsychotic Medications
Mostly chronic. If left untreated, it can damage the tissues of your eyes.
Any cure
-Cannot be completely cured.
Treatments available include:
-Therapeutic eye mask for dry eyes to help with symptoms
-Daily ocular hygiene cleansers to remove ocular debris and reduce bioburden
-Preservative-free, viscoadaptive artificial tears to enhance and supplement the natural tear film
-Lubricating eye ointment to protect your eyes while sleeping
-Nutrition can also play a role in dry eye disease and getting the right amounts of essential fatty acids is important for overall health. Highly purified and concentrated omega-3 supplements are available to help relieve symptoms of dry eye syndrome.
How can NMN help?
NMN Improves Cell Survival and Reduces Inflammation in Dry Eye Disease
https://www.nmn.com/news/nmn-treatment-dry-eye-disease
-NMN treatment protects eye cell viability under conditions of dry eye disease moisture loss.
-NMN preserves eye cells by activating DNA maintenance and metabolic health-promoting protein Sirtuin1 (SIRT1).
-NMN triggers immune cells called macrophages to transition from states of cell killing to healing.
Here’s another study that finds that:
Eye drops with NAD+ boosters NMN or NR ameliorate age-related eye conditions by activating a testosterone synthesizing enzyme in aged mice.
https://www.nmn.com/news/nad-boosting-drops-dry-eye-disease
Some of you may have already noticed that the above 2 studies were done on mice.
Does it work on human?
Let me (Georgia – from Toronto,Canada) share my own experience. I had very sensitive eyes since I was a kid. Tears would come out non-stop when there were certain stimulants like pungent raw onion smell in the air, or facial oil got into the eye accidentally. Optometrist prescribed certain artificial tears for me but it didn’t help too much. Taking supplements helped but does not rid me from the disease. I still had non-stop tears at certain times of the day until around 2 months after taking NMN. I can now cut unions without the need to wear swimming goggles.
Moreover, my eyes become healthier. Both nearsightedness and presbyopia improved.
Unlike my peers who may suffer from cataracts or even glaucoma, I am still enjoying very good vision (of course with the help of eye glasses 😆).
Did you know that a lot of people are suffering dry eye disease?
Nearly 16 million Americans have dry eye. That represents around 5% of the US population.
https://www.health.com/dry-eye-causes-6930932
The Canadians are a lot worse.
Approximately 30% of Canadians suffer from dry eye disease 😰