ArticlePain reports2017
Evidence that dry eye is a comorbid pain condition in a U.S. veteran population.
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- Risk of dry eye in headache patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Pain sensitivity and autonomic nervous system parameters as predictors of dry eye symptoms after LASIK.The ocular surface · 2021Trial
- Comorbidity Associations with Ocular Pain after Cataract Surgery: Overall and Sex-Stratified Analysis.AJO international · 2026Article
- The Role of Behavioral and Psychological Interventions in Chronic Ocular Pain.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Dry Eye Disease and Psychiatric Disorders: Neuroimmune Mechanisms and Therapeutic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Chronic Ocular Surface Pain: An Optometrist and Ophthalmologist Survey.Ophthalmology and therapy · 2025Article
- Quantitative sensory testing and chronic pain syndromes: a cross-sectional study from TwinsUK.BMJ open · 2024Article
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- Association Between Dry Eye Disease and Migraine Headaches in a Large Population-Based Study.JAMA ophthalmology · 2019Article
- Do Sleep Disorders Positively Correlate with Dry Eye Syndrome? Results of National Claim Data.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- What's new in dry eye disease diagnosis? Current advances and challenges.F1000Research · 2018Review
- Nociplastic pain among individuals with chronic ocular surface pain: One cause for "pain without stain"?Survey of ophthalmologyReview
- Dry eye symptoms and signs in United States Gulf War era veterans with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.Clinical & experimental ophthalmologyArticle
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Abstract
introductionRecent evidence suggests that dry eye (DE) may be comorbid with other chronic pain conditions.
objectivesTo evaluate DE as a comorbid condition in the U.S. veteran population.
methodsRetrospective review of veterans seen in the Veterans Administration Healthcare System (Veteran Affairs) between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2014. Dry eye and nonocular pain disorders were ascertained by
resultsOf 3,265,894 veterans, 959,881 had a DE diagnosis (29.4%). Dry eye frequency increased with the number of pain conditions reported (
conclusionsDry eye, including both ocular pain and tear film dysfunction, is comorbid with pain conditions in this nationwide population, implying common mechanisms.
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