Traditionally, dry eye was coined as the disease that caused the eyes to “burn.” Although this is a major contributory symptom, we realize that this doesn’t represent its only symptom.
A number of conditions can cause symptoms of burning eyes: Thygeson’s superficial punctate keratitis, infiltrative keratitis secondary to contact lens abuse, and epidemic keratoconjunctivitis, just to name a few.
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