Contact Lens Update

Helping your patients through allergy season

Review best practice diagnosis and management of ocular allergy. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, allergy season is upon us bringing in patients with itchy, uncomfortable eyes. This issue reviews the thorough diagnosis and contemporary management of the condition, from the in-depth editorial covering all aspects of ocular allergy, to the evidence-based approach in the clinical insight. Review the latest treatment options and know when to co-manage these patients, along with gaining insight from the feature article into the links between ocular allergy and dry eye disease. Finally, check out the conference highlight for a glimpse of the drug-release profile from a novel antihistamine-containing contact lens.

ISSUE 59: Helping your patients through allergy season

Review best practice diagnosis and management of ocular allergy. For those in the Northern Hemisphere, allergy season is upon us bringing in patients with itchy, uncomfortable eyes. This issue reviews the thorough diagnosis and contemporary management of the condition, from the in-depth editorial covering all aspects of ocular allergy, to the evidence-based approach in the clinical insight. Review the latest treatment options and know when to co-manage these patients, along with gaining insight from the feature article into the links between ocular allergy and dry eye disease. Finally, check out the conference highlight for a glimpse of the drug-release profile from a novel antihistamine-containing contact lens.