Can dry eyes be cured by hot compresses?

Dry eye patients can relieve their eye discomfort by applying hot compresses, but generally dry eye cannot be cured by hot compresses. Dry eye is mainly due to the quality or kinetics of the tear abnormalities lead to excessive dryness of the eye surface, and then appear dry eyes, foreign body sensation and other symptoms of discomfort, caused by dry eye occurs for a variety of reasons, the patient can be through the blepharoplakic gland massage and artificial tear drops and other ways of treatment, such as sodium vitreous oxide drops, etc, to ease the discomfort of the eye. Hot compresses alone have limited therapeutic effect and generally do not cure dry eye. Simply applying hot compresses to the eyes can improve the discomfort of dry eye sufferers, but it is usually not a cure, and severe dry eye sufferers may even need to undergo surgical treatments such as submandibular gland transplantation. Patients with severe dry eye syndrome may even need surgery, such as submaxillary gland transplantation. It is recommended that patients with obvious symptoms of dry eye syndrome consult a doctor to evaluate their condition and follow the doctor’s instructions.