Autologous serum and severe dry eye

The dry eye or lacrimal hyposecretion is a shortage or lack of tear production. It is a very common eye disease in our time. Dry eye is classified according to its seriousness as mild, moderate and severe.

Severe dry eye is a rare disease, but when present causes a major constraint to the patient. It manifests by intense dryness of the ocular surface, corneal opacities, discomfort with the light, decreased vision and major disability in the patient.

Severe dry eye cases require the use of autologous serum drops, which are made from the blood of the individual. Autologous serum provides numerous components present in tears that are severely diminished in these patients.