"What Are Other Western Medical Treatments for Xerophthalmia (Dry Eyes)?"

1. The treatment of xerophthalmia mainly involves corresponding pharmacotherapy based on different causes, symptoms, and comprehensive pathology. Causal treatment involves adopting different therapeutic methods for different causes. Exposed xerophthalmia can be treated with eyelid skin grafting or blepharoplasty surgery. For dry keratoconjunctivitis, corresponding treatment should be provided for its systemic lesions, and hormones can be used as appropriate. Symptomatic treatment addresses inadequate tear secretion by using various substitutes for tears, such as artificial tears, methylcellulose, chondroitin sulfate, sodium hyaluronate, and other eye drops.

2. Commonly used clinical varieties include saline solution, 2% methylcellulose, C cell eye cream, Celluvisc eye drops, Optive eye drops, Hylo-Comode eye drops, etc. For possible infections, antibiotic eye drops should be used appropriately, and antibiotic eye cream should be applied before bedtime. Regarding comprehensive treatment for xerophthalmia, as it is one of the refractory diseases in ophthalmology, there is currently no effective treatment plan. However, adhering to local symptomatic treatment with Western medicine and holistic conditioning with Traditional Chinese Medicine can help alleviate the patient's condition and reduce their burden of pain.