{"id":2762,"date":"2019-03-19T17:34:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2019-03-19T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T12:04:27","slug":"india-on-the-brink-of-dry-eye-disease-epidemic-says-study-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-on-the-brink-of-dry-eye-disease-epidemic-says-study-2\/","title":{"rendered":"India on the brink of dry eye disease epidemic, says study"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>According to a study published in the journal \u201cThe\nOcular Surface\u201d, nearly 40% of India\u2019s urban population is likely to get dry\neye disease by 2030. <\/li><li>Dry eye disease, also known as dry eye syndrome,\nis a medical condition in which quantity and quality of tears fail to keep the\nsurface of the eye adequately lubricated. The disease could occur due to\ninadequate tear production i.e. aqueous deficient, tear film instability due to\nevaporation or mixed type. Tears are important for a) providing lubrication, b)\nreducing the risk of eye infection, c) washing away foreign matter in the eye\nand d) keeping the surface of the eyes smooth and clear.<\/li><li>The study has found men were at a higher risk of\ncontracting the disease in their 20s and 30s, while women were more vulnerable\nin their 40s and 50s. <\/li><li>The high risk factors for developing the disease\ninclude age, urban residence, occupation and socio-economic affluence.<\/li><li>The disease is progressive in nature with age.\nIt could lead to corneal damage which when becomes irreversible can lead to\nvisual impairment and blindness.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a study published in the journal \u201cThe Ocular Surface\u201d, nearly 40% of India\u2019s urban population is likely to get dry eye disease by 2030. Dry eye disease, also known as dry eye syndrome, is a medical condition in which quantity and quality of tears fail to keep the surface of the eye adequately&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-on-the-brink-of-dry-eye-disease-epidemic-says-study-2\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India on the brink of dry eye disease epidemic, says study<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[956],"tags":[1764,215],"class_list":["post-2762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-schemes-and-programs","tag-dry-eye-disease","tag-health","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2762\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}