Are you wondering if you might have Dry Eye? Have your eyes been feeling dry, itchy, scratchy, achy, blurry, irritated, or tired? Have you been using artificial tears to lubricate your eyes?
Canadian eye care specialists have developed a quiz that is designed to help you and your optometrist or ophthalmologist determine whether you have Dry Eye and to rate its severity. The severity of Dry Eye symptoms can range from mildly irritating to severely disabling, and in many cases, symptoms can affect quality of life to some degree.1,2
Take the Canadian Dry Eye Assessment Quiz Now
Answer all the questions below then click the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page. Be sure to take a printout with you when you visit your optometrist or ophthalmologist.
Only your optometrist or ophthalmologist can determine what treatment is the best choice for managing your Dry Eye. This information will help them select the treatment that is best for you.
Remember: relief is available.
- The Tear Film & Ocular Surface Society. 2007 Report of the International Dry Eye WorkShop (DEWS). Special Issue. The Ocular Surface 2007;5(2):67–204.
- Jackson WB. Management of dysfunctional tear syndrome. Can J Ophthalmol. 2009;44(4):385–394.