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• Tear osmolarity may be a more sensitive method of diagnosing and grading the severity of dry eye compared to corneal and conjunctival staining, tear break-up time, Schirmer test, and meibomian gland grading.
• "' TearScience "'is an American company founded in 2005 that develops, manufactures and markets ophthalmic medical devices aiding in the identification and treatment of Meibomian gland Dysfunction, also known as Dry eye disease . that affect as many as 25 million Americans,.
• The mucin layer, closest to the eye's surface, is made in the eyelid and on the surface of the eye; the aqueous or watery middle layer is made in the lacrimal gland above the eye; and the oily, top layer is made in the meibomian gland in the eyelid.
• Dr . David A . Sullivan, an associate professor of ophthalmology at the Schepens Eye Research Institute at Harvard, attributes the aging factor in men and women partly to a decrease in the production of androgens like testosterone, needed for normal function of the Meibomian glands, which regulate the evaporation of tears.
• Along the inner margin of the tarsus are modified sebaceous glands known as tarsal glands ( or meibomian glands ), aligned vertically within the tarsi : 30 to 40 glands in the upper lid, and 20 to 30 in the lower lid, which secrete a lipid-rich product which helps keep the lacrimal secretions or tears from evaporating too quickly, thus keeping the eye moist.