Presence of Dry Eye in Patients with Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

Conclusions. Patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis tend to develop dry eye more common than healthy subjects. Proptosis and lower free plasma thyroxine levels were found to be risk factors for the presence of dry eye. PMID: 25580281 [PubMed]
Source: Journal of Ophthalmology - Category: Opthalmology Tags: J Ophthalmol Source Type: research