When should I see a doctor about dry eye?

Dr. Myrowitz answers the question: 'When To See A Doctor About Dry Eye?'

ByABC News
December 23, 2008, 5:52 PM

Aug. 24, 2009— -- Question: When should I see a doctor about dry eye?

Answer: Seeing your eye doctor for dry eyes should be done whenever it affects your daily activities. If you're avoiding something, if some things becoming more difficult for you to do, if you're not happy with the quality of your vision and you suspect it's related to dry eye, do see your eye doctor.

If you walk into the pharmacy and you look on the shelves there's so many different products there and there could be different reasons: the quantity, the quality, other factors. You really have to know what's causing it before you start to pick prods yourself to try to help yourself. With the doctor's advice it can be managed very successfully.