Allergy

Given that allergies are the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the United States with an estimated annual cost of greater than $18 billion¹ and that 40 to 60 percent of those affected experience ocular involvement,

With a delayed spring and allergy season this year, I began to think about how to shape the global warming discussion from an objective standpoint. It is certainly a hot topic in both media and scientific circles.

Michael Cooper, OD, takes a look at how the Japanese treat allergic conjunctivitis to gain a different perspective on treatments. What he finds is that we aren't so different after all.

Inflammation may lead to heightened peripheral sensitization and stimulation through a developing concept in which neuroimmune cross-talk causes the confounding interplay of both signs and symptoms in dry eye and allergic disease.