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The contact lens dry eyes questionnaire (CLDEQ-8) validation and ocular surface...
Ribeiro,Marcelo; Vieira,Matheus Schmitz; Gorgone,Gabriel; Barbosa,Lucas Yunes Cominatto; Martini,Alexandre Ricardo Abdel Fattah; David,Milton AgrizziABSTRACT Purpose: To translate and validate the Contact Lens Dry Eyes Questionnaire (CLDEQ-8) to Portuguese language and to describe the impact of soft contact lenses on the ocular surface. Methods: We conducted a descriptive transversal study with the aim to: (1) translate and validate the CLDEQ-8 questionnaire to Portuguese language and (2) apply the CLDEQ-8 to a group of contact lens wearers along with a bro...
Limitations and advances in new treatments and future perspectives of corneal b...
Antunes-Foschini,Rosalia; Adriano,Leidiane; Murashima,Adriana de Andrade Batista; Barbosa,Amanda Pires; Nominato,Luis Fernando; Dias,Lara CristinaABSTRACT This review is intended to describe the therapeutic approaches for corneal blindness, detailing the steps and elements involved in corneal wound healing. It also presents the limitations of the actual surgical and pharmacological strategies used to restore and maintain corneal transparency in terms of long-term survival and geographic coverage. In addition, we critically review the perspectives of anab...
Translation and validation of the Portuguese version of the Keratoconus Outcome...
Pinto,Roberto Damian Pacheco; Gomes,Flávia Cid; Arieta,Carlos Eduardo Leite; Alves,MonicaABSTRACT Purpose: The purpose of this study is to translate and validate a Portuguese version of the Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire. The Keratoconus Outcomes Research Questionnaire is a psychometrically robust and valid instrument used to assess the impact of keratoconus on activity limitations and symptoms. Methods: We performed a translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of the Portu...
Corneal blindness in Plato’s cave: the acting forces to prevent and revert corn...
Barbosa,Amanda Pires; Alves,Monica; Furtado,João Marcello Fortes; Adriano,Leidiane; Nominato,Luis Fernando; Dias,Lara Cristina; Fantucci,Marina ZilioABSTRACT The burden of corneal blindness and visual deficiency can be felt worldwide. Its association with several endemic diseases such as childhood blindness, trauma, infectious keratitis (including variants caused by herpes, hanseniasis, and fungi), vitamin A deficiency, diabetes mellitus, and other dry eye syndromes reflects its poorly understood underlying mechanisms and suggests that the actual frequency ...
Vitamin A and the eye: an old tale for modern times
Faustino,Jacqueline Ferreira; Ribeiro-Silva,Alfredo; Dalto,Rodrigo Faeda; Souza,Marcelo Martins de; Furtado,João Marcello FortesABSTRACT Clinical presentations associated with vitamin A deficiency persist in poor regions globally with the same clinical features as those described centuries ago. However, new forms of vitamin A deficiency affecting the eyes, which have become widespread, as a result of modern societal habits are of increasing concern. Ophthalmic conditions related to vitamin A deficiency require the combined attention of ...
Is dry eye an environmental disease?
Alves,Monica; Novaes,Priscila; Morraye,Monica de Andrade; Reinach,Peter Sol; Rocha,Eduardo MelaniDiversos estudos têm demostrado que o contato ocular com poluentes ambientais afeta a composição do filme lacrimal e de estruturas da superfície ocular. Tais efeitos são mediados pela ligação de agentes ambientais com receptores na superfície ocular, levando a ativação de mediadores pró inflamatórios. Esta revisão propõe uma avaliação das evidências publicadas, que associam fatores ambientais as doenças de supe...
Dry eye disease caused by viral infection: review
Alves,Monica; Angerami,Rodrigo Nogueira; Rocha,Eduardo MelaniDry eye disease and ocular surface disorders may be caused or worsened by viral agents. There are several known and suspected virus associated to ocular surface diseases. The possible pathogenic mechanisms for virus-related dry eye disease are presented herein. This review serves to reinforce the importance of ophthalmologists as one of the healthcare professional able to diagnose a potentially large number of ...