Analysis of basal and reflex human tear osmolarity in normal subjects: assessment of tear osmolarity

Therapeutic Advances in Ophthalmology
Ali A AbusharhaAli M Masmali

Abstract

The aim of this study is to evaluate the difference between reflex and basal tear osmolarity among healthy normal subjects. The right eyes of 20 healthy normal male subjects aged 20 to 40 years were recruited for this study. The inclusion criteria for the subjects were the Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire score of less than 12 and wetting length of the phenol red thread of more than 10 mm. Tear film osmolarity was assessed using TearLab osmometer. Basic tear osmolarity was measured normally without inducing any irritation to the eye. In order to stimulate reflex tear, subjects were asked to open their eye as long as they can till they feel ocular surface irritation (minimum 20 s). The mean score on the Ocular Surface Disease Index questionnaire was 5.5 ± 3. The mean value obtained from the phenol red thread was 21 ± 4.5 mm. There were no statistically significant differences between the osmolarity readings of basal and reflex tear osmolarity (p > 0.05). The mean value was 308 ± 12 and 306 ± 9 mOsm/l for basic and reflex tear osmolarity, respectively. This study found that the osmolarity of the basal and reflex tears fell within the same range. The values found in this study are in agreement with published results for ...Continue Reading

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