Fusion 1-day: Improving long-term CL comfort

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Dry eye is one of the most common conditions we face in clinical practice. Estimates suggest that clinical dry eye affects as many as 21.6 per cent of the patient population between 43 to 86 years of age.1 Dry eye symptoms are far more prevalent among contact lens wearers than the rest of the population - reported to affect more than 50 per cent2 of the contact lens wearing population. Furthermore, studies have shown that the number one reason for discontinuation of contact lens wear is 'poor comfort' which has been reported by 72 per cent of patients as a reason for their discontinuation,3 with dryness as the most common symptom.4,5 When the dryness sensations are associated purely with the wearing of contact lenses (the patient normally being asymptomatic), this is termed 'contact lens induced dry eye' or CLIDE.