[Q120] 28. "Dry eye" or "differential diagnosis": here's my experience  Many people are told "You have dry eye." But that's not a diagnosis.
Answer Count Percent
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My diagnosis is "dry eye" (or "chronic dry eye", "dry eye syndrome", or "dry eye disease"). That's all. 220 45.93%
The first doctor(s) I saw diagnosed "dry eye", but when I went to a specialist, they did more tests and gave me more details. 144 30.06%
Starting with the very first appointment I had for dry eye, I was given a more details about the type of dry eye I have. 45 9.39%
None of these describes my experience. 70 14.61%
Total 479 100 %
28. "Dry eye" or "differential diagnosis": here's my experience Many people are told "You have dry eye." But that's not a diagnosis. - Text Data for None of these describes my experience.
02/26/2021 102406585 I was diagnosed with Sjogrens by my Rheumatologist . My dry eye flared up sometime after that. The dry eye got progressively worse
02/26/2021 102372480 I was first told I had dry eye and was prescribed Restatsis. I did okay for about a year and then my symptoms returned. The same doctor that I saw the first time now suggested that it might be Sjogren's and suggested I see a medical doctor. After blood tests, I was diagnosed with Sjogren's.
02/25/2021 102279590 By the time I saw an ophthalmologist for dry eyes, I already had a Sjogren's Syndrome diagnosis. It took several visits and many questions before being given more details, and many more years before learning about the different types of dry eye.
02/25/2021 102268374 I don't know how to answer this question.
02/21/2021 101634149 Diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome due to dry mouth and painful tongue. Told that dry eye is part of that.
02/20/2021 101603012 Self diagnoses of a dry eye problem.
02/20/2021 101565585 Dry eye diagnosis then melanoma
02/19/2021 101523359 Took 8 years and several specialists to finally diagnose me with Sjögren’s. Several looked at the scarring on my eyes and talked about virus attack. No one mentioned dry eye until the SS diagnosis. Talking early 1990s.
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