The evaluation of dry eye disease severity and treatment success could significantly be affected by early grading of corneal fluorescein staining, according to a study published in The Ocular Surface.

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A fluorescein eye stain test can help your doctor detect corneal injuries, small foreign objects or particles in the eye, and abnormal tear production.

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Fluorescein stain after contact lens removal in the left eye. In my 40 years of contact lens practice I had never encountered this type of staining pattern before.

Corneal Staining and Contacts Contact lenses are a common cause of corneal abrasion. Whether you use contact lenses to correct your vision or to change how your eye color looks, they’re medical ...

Dry eye disease is a common chronic condition that is characterized by ocular discomfort and visual disturbances that decrease quality of life. Many clinicians recommend the use of supplements of n ...

Fluorescein Staining of the Cornea of an Eighteen-Year-Old Girl with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

I find tear film break-up time, fluorescein staining of the cornea, lissamine green staining of the conjunctiva, and Schirmer testing (with anesthesia) to be most helpful.

It was determined that there was a statistically significant improvement in corneal fluorescein staining as well as conjunctival lissamine green staining at weeks 4, 8, and 12 of the study.