Dr. Richard Yee | Ophthalmology

Dry eye symptoms point to an imbalance that is making your eyes thirsty – for moisture, nutrients, help, and a call to Dr. Yee — Houston’s dry eye expert. Thousands of people come to Dr. Yee to find relief because he is world-renowned for treating dry eye aggressively and progressively with a plan for the long term.

Dr. Yee’s dry eye solutions begin with a thorough eye exam to determine if you have an ocular surface disorder. And he will ask you lifestyle questions to help him further assess if you engage in activities on a daily basis that may aggravate dry eye symptoms — like if you spend significant time on the computer.

In addition to dryness, common symptoms of evaporative dry eye include:

• Irritation that’s worse in the morning
• Irritation that’s worse in the evening
• Grittiness or feeling of a foreign body in the eye
• Burning or stinging sensation
• Reflex tearing (excess tearing because the eye is overcompensating due to the dryness)
• Redness
• Discharge in the nasal region of the eyelids
• Tiredness or fatigue
• Itching but different from the itching from allergy
• Vision disturbances that improves momentarily with a blink
• Sensitivity to light or photophobia

Dry Eye Can Impact Your Vision and Life:

Dry eye symptoms can make reading, watching TV, using a computer, wearing contact lenses and driving seem impossible. And they can indicate a more serious medical condition that should be diagnosed and treated by a physician. So typically, Dr. Yee will ask you to see your internist or refer you to a rheumatologist to determine if there is an undiagnosed, underlying cause to your dry eye symptoms. Without proper management of dry eye, sufferers can experience:

• Increased evaporation of tears
• Unstable tear film
• Damage to the eye surface
• Inflammation and cell damage
• Decrease in vision

Contact Dr. Yee for a consultation to learn more about his practice and how he can change your life, and improve your dry eye suffering.