{"id":14795,"date":"2022-04-08T10:44:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T08:44:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/?p=14795"},"modified":"2022-04-07T22:55:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T20:55:03","slug":"sa-study-shows-40-of-dry-eye-patiens-have-sleep-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/sa-study-shows-40-of-dry-eye-patiens-have-sleep-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"SA Study Shows 40% of Dry Eye Patiens Have Sleep Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consciously or not, most of us are aware of the immediate effects of a sleepless night. However, few link long-term eye health with sleep quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new Saudi Arabian <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/87442-the-association-between-dry-eye-and-sleep-quality-among-the-adult-population-of-saudi-arabia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leaves little space for doubt \u2014 dry eye disease (DED), one of the most frequent eye-related complaints in the world, is associated with poor sleep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study included 234 adult DED patients, 71.4% of whom had a severe case of DED. Respondents with severe DED generally reported a lower sleep quality than those with milder DED.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sleep quality parameter most affected by dry eye disease was sleep latency (the time it takes to fall asleep). Expectedly, many other aspects of sleep quality were also affected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is unsurprising given that dry eye disease, also known as dry eye syndrome, includes symptoms such as itchiness, irritation, burning sensation, etc., \u2014 undisputably, all sleep-killers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the relationship between eye-dryness and sleep deprivation isn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t unidirectional. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iovs.arvojournals.org\/article.aspx?articleid=2716365#:~:text=Sleep%20deprivation%20(SD)%20can%20cause,risk%20of%20dry%20eye%20development\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another study<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> indicates that poor sleep isn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t only the result of DED but, in a way, the cause of it. Namely, disturbed sleep can aggravate DED symptoms, causing severe eye discomfort.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, DED isn<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t the only condition ophthalmologists relate to sleeping issues. For example, \u201ceye stroke\u201d(NAION), retinal vein occlusion (RVO), papilledema, floppy eye syndrome, and glaucoma are also linked to sleep health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, to prevent yourself from the inability to get a good night<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s sleep on your trusty <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disturbmenot.co\/best-mattress\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">high-quality mattress<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, better pay a visit to your ophthalmologist.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Consciously or not, most of us are aware of the immediate effects of a sleepless night. However, few link long-term eye health with sleep quality.\u00a0 A new Saudi Arabian study leaves little space for doubt \u2014 dry eye disease (DED), one of the most frequent eye-related complaints in the world, is associated with poor sleep. 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