Is it true menopause can cause dry itchy eyes?

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• April

  11/20/2012

  Yes, dry, itchy eyes can be caused by menopause. Dry, itchy eyes would come to you if you got dry eye syndrome. Dry eyes would be common in menopause period, because people would naturally produce fewer tears as they get older. You can buy some over-the-counter artificial tears which help you produce more tears.

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• Gillian

  11/20/2012

  Well, yes, menopause can cause itchy, dry eyes. First, you should know that menopause is a natural biological process for women. And at the same time, with menopause, it may lead to some eye problems, such as dry eyes and others. According to some researches, dry eyes affect about 60 percent of women who are menopausal. And in many cases, some people get dry eyes because of menopause, but they do not treat dry eye, and then it causes the cornea to develop ulcers, become scarred and become infected. In that way, your dry eyes become itchy. So just take some measures as soon as possible when you have dry eyes because of menopause. In addition, Macular degeneration which is the leading cause of blindness can occur during menopause. Anyway, just be careful about it.

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• chopperkriss

  11/21/2012

  Yes, the dry and itchy eyes can be caused by menopause. For women, menopause refers to the transition period where the ovarian function is changed from strong state gradually to disappear completely. This period of menopause includes a period of time before and after. For men, the menopause is pointed to 50 ~ 60 years old. During this phase, the menopausal symptoms are hot and dry vertigo, palpitation. At present, they have black spots or limbs hair. They need to pay special attention to maintenance. During this time, people may get the dry eyes which will be felt itchy. They should use some eye drops to release the dry symptom.

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