The treatment of dry eye is more often than not an alternative therapy, that is to say, eye drops, lubricate the eyes and reduce the dryness. However, many patients like to "treat" themselves when they begin to have eye discomfort, using antibiotics and antiviral eye medications. In fact, this method is not suitable for the treatment of dry eye, but may aggravate the symptoms, because the treatment of different types of dry eye is not the same. If the dry eye is caused by taking certain drugs, the drugs should be stopped; if it is caused by immune diseases, endocrine disorders, vitamin deficiencies, etc., it is necessary to treat the above diseases first. Tear deficient dry eye need to point artificial tears, uncomfortable when point, but it is best not more than 6 times a day, if more than 6 times, it will wash away the normal tear film, thus aggravating the symptoms.
Another more advanced treatment is the autologous submandibular gland transplantation treatment, the patient's own submandibular gland removed, transplanted to the temporal region, using microsurgical techniques to the submandibular gland of the arterial vein and temporal arterial vein anastomosis, submandibular gland ducts to the vault of the eye, to submandibular gland secretion instead of ocular fluids, to achieve the effect of moisturizing the eye.