Category: Dry Eye

After a long day of work or parenting, you may feel a gritty, scratchy, or tired sensation in your eyes. This discomfort is common, and eye drops often seem like a quick fix.  However, there are many kinds of eye drops, and not all of them work the same way. The key to effective eye…

Wintertime in Calgary means stunning snowy landscapes and crisp air, but it can also bring uncomfortable challenges, especially for your eyes. Have you noticed your eyes feeling gritty, itchy, or unusually dry during the colder months? Calgary’s cold weather, coupled with its low humidity, plays a significant role in causing dry eyes. But do not…

A large number of Canadians are regularly dealing with the uncomfortable symptoms of dry eye. Not only can dry eye cause blurriness, but it can also cause a range of symptoms, including feeling like something is in your eye, red eyes, stinging or burning sensations, and excessive tearing. Some dry eye symptoms, such as redness…

Dry eye can be a frustrating condition, but it’s also common. You don’t have to live with symptoms like a dry, gritty feeling in your eyes. Of course, there are professional dry eye treatments available, but many people also wonder if there are supplements that can help with dry eyes. The supplements and vitamins that…

Eye allergies and dry eyes are 2 conditions that affect many Canadians at some point in their lives. Both these conditions can present with red eyes, along with other uncomfortable symptoms, which we will discuss below. Red eyes alone are not typically enough to determine which condition is affecting your eyes, but taking other symptoms…