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Treating Dry Eye: Tips for Talking to Your Healthcare Provider
These tips can help your provider make more informed recommendations for treating your dry eye disease.
Written by Lauren Smith, MA | Reviewed by Mera Goodman, MD, FAAP
Published on August 23, 2023If you are having symptoms of dry eye disease, you may be nervous about having that conversation with your provider. Some planning may help your appointment be more productive and effective. When your provider knows more of the details, they can make more informed recommendations for treating dry eye disease.
In this video, learn conversation tips to help get you on the track to dry eye treatment, according to Danielle Trief, MD, Ophthalmologist at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
Additional Medical Contributors
- Danielle Trief, MDDanielle Trief, MD, is a board-certified ophthalmologist and associate professor at Columbia University Irving Medical Center.
References
American Optometric Association. (n.d.). Dry eye.
Boyd, K. (2022). What is dry eye? Symptoms, causes, and treatment. American Academy of Ophthalmology.
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