Dry Eye - Tear Lab

The average person blinks about 10,000 times a day. Tears are essential allowing the eyelid to move smoothly over the front of the eye. The tears are made of a number of layers and a deficiency in any of these layers will ultimately lead to drying and ocular surface inflammation, often with accompanying symptoms.

A common cause or result of dry eye is hyperosmolarity, indicating an excess of salt in the tears.

Only recently has a test become commercially available to measure tear osmolarity previously only performed in academic and research settings.

We are fortunate in our practice in New York City to be one of the few to have the TearLab system which is the first objective and quantitative test for diagnosing and managing Dry Eye patients. It is fast and accurate and aids in the diagnosis in patients suspected of having dry eye disease.


This testing has been extremely helpful in managing and treating our numerous patients who have suffered with ocular surface disease (Dry Eye Syndrome).



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Kevin Rosin in association with Dr's Farkas kassalow & Resnick
Tel: 212-355-5145
30 East 60th St, Suite 201 New York, NY

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The importance of regular eye exams

A recent survey by the American Optometric Association revealed that a large percentage of Americans are not paying enough attention to their eye health and eye sight .

A large portion of the people surveyed (81%) are eyeglass wearers and/or contact lens wearers. Twenty six percent of the respondents had not visited an eye doctor in over two years.

Most Americans are not aware that eye exams can reveal more than just eye and vision problems. More than sixty percent are unaware that Optometrists and Ophthalmologists can detect signs of diabetes, over seventy percent are unaware that hypertension, cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer and brain tumors may be detected through a comprehensive eye exam.

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