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Treating dry eye syndrome

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    For patients living with chronic dry eye, the need for daily eye drops can be frustrating. Check out a new treatment that’s allowing sufferers to di...

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29 year old Maria Alec -- jackets complains that at the end of the day her eyes are tired dry and sometimes feel like something is in them.

If understand computer and I'm trying to focus on writing a report or in the email.

I'll have to constantly like blink my eyes put some drops and just to make sure that I could finish my -- -- suffers from dry eye disease a condition that affects more than a hundred million people worldwide.

A deficiency in the oil layer of the eye's natural -- film causes this problem.

Patients usually don't have enough tears to lubricate and Norris BI.

Patients very commonly do not know they have drive if it's something else some people completed -- vision they might think they have cataracts.

Symptoms include irritation.

Readiness itching or burning the feeling of something in the eyes access watering and blurred vision.

Patients often treat these symptoms with warm -- prices and over the counter eye drops.

I cannot called both a dagger without artificial yes -- I -- and boy putting cops and every hour at him.

That would be haven't that would be great now a new in office treatment is unblocking the oil glands and helping patients finally get some relief.

The -- flow system -- from the inside out it actually massage and heat inside related.

-- -- oils massaged them out and does things -- we can't do mechanically.

Each cycle is about six minutes long but results can last up to two years when I look at this I think this is quote security we've ever come.

The with the flow system.

Actually makes patients feel better.

But most importantly for me is a clinician it holistic we treats the cause of the disease.

And resolves the follow the procedure costs about 15100 dollars and is not yet covered by health insurance.

For more information go to OC -- -- dot net.

I'm Julie Banderas Fox News.