Contact Lens Update

• Issue 62 | November 2021

  Digital Devices and Dry Eye: A Growing Issue

  This issue addresses something that is becoming more common for us all: how our increasing use of digital devices may impact ocular comfort, and whether it can lead to dry eye disease. Professor James Wolffsohn explores this question in his editorial, examining the evidence currently available to help understand the link between screen use and a diagnosis of dry eye. Bridgitte Shen Lee summarises a recent publication she was involved in that reviews the relationship between screen use and dry eye, providing tips for use in practice. Finally, both the conference highlight by Ngozi Chidi-Egboka and the Clinical Insight from Leslie O’Dell, illustrate how digital device use demonstrably impacts the ocular signs and symptoms for children too, resulting in both signs and symptoms of dry eye.

  • Editorial - Dry Eye, Blinking and Digital Device Use
  • Feature Article - The Relationship between Dry Eye Disease and Digital Screen Use
  • Conference Highlights - One hour of smarphone use induces ocular discomfort and reduces blinking in children
  • Clinical Insight - Case study: MGD in a nine-year-old child

• Issue 61 | September 2021

  The long and short of axial length

  Jeff Walline’s editorial discusses the merits of including axial length measures in the management of myopia, how to interpret the data and how best to communicate about eye growth to patients and their parents. Jeff’s feature article reviews a related piece by Chamberlain and colleagues, which endeavours to help clinicians better understand axial length targets in myopes, and how any change noted over time compares to normal eye growth in emmetropic children. Further work in this area is shared in the conference highlight with Alex Nixon’s recent abstract that examines physiologic growth in myopes and how that may confound interpretation of axial length measures. Finally, Shalu Pal shares three clinical cases from her practice which illustrate how axial length measures can be used to help inform evidence-based decisions in myopia management.

  • Editorial - Should We Control Myopia Progression or Eye Growth?
  • Feature Article - Axial Length Targets for Myopia Control
  • Conference Highlights - ‘Physiologic’ Eye Growth in Myopic Children
  • Clinical Insight - Three Case Series Report: The use of Axial Length in Myopia Management Clinical Decision Making

• Issue 60 | June 2021

  Using BCLA CLEAR with your patients

  Key points summarised to enable evidence-based contact lens practice. The Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Reports (CLEAR) brought together 10 committees and more than 100 authors from 16 countries to produce 300 pages of scientific review. It covers all aspects of contact lens practice, from routine fitting through to specialty lenses, management of complications, and future technology. This issue of Contact Lens Update is dedicated to CLEAR, providing an overall editorial commentary, summarizing each report into a five-minute read, and delivering a free downloadable summary for all eye care professionals to help inform their evidence-based practice.

  • Editorial - The CLEAR reports – clarity, consensus, and cogitation
  • Feature Article - Summary – Contact Lens Evidence-based Academic Report
  • Conference Highlights - Comfort and vision correlations in daily disposable multifocal lenses
  • Clinical Insight - CLEAR Summary

• Issue 59 | April 2021

  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.

  • Editorial - Seasonal Allergic Conjunctivitis
  • Feature Article - Allergy and dry eye disease
  • Conference Highlights - The ex-vivo drug amount of an antihistamine releasing contact lens
  • Clinical Insight - A contemporary look at allergic conjunctivitis

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