Irritable bowel syndrome might be associated with dry eye disease

A possible association between dry eye disease (DED) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been hypothesized based on the fact that they both share an inflammatory pathogenesis. Ninety-five patients with IBS and 276 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. All patients answered a questionnaire...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Annals of gastroenterology 2016-01, Vol.29 (4), p.487-491
Hauptverfasser:	Asproudis, Ioannis, Tsoumani, Anthoula T, Katsanos, Konstantinos H, Katsanos, Aristeidis H, Theopistos, Vasileios, Paschidis, Konstantinos A, Tsianos, Epameinondas V, Christodoulou, Dimitrios
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	A possible association between dry eye disease (DED) and irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has been hypothesized based on the fact that they both share an inflammatory pathogenesis. Ninety-five patients with IBS and 276 healthy controls were enrolled in the study. All patients answered a questionnaire regarding DED symptoms and had a complete ophthalmic examination. DED signs were evaluated using Schirmer's 1 and tear break-up time (tBUT) tests in both groups. Female IBS participants presented significantly lower Schirmer's test and tBUT (P=0.002 and P
ISSN:	1108-7471 1792-7463 1792-7463
DOI:	10.20524/aog.2016.0064