Probiotic Alleviates Dry Eye Symptoms

Researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX have identified a probiotic bacterial strain that helped improve dry eye via a mouse model. Dry eye is a condition where the eyes do not make enough tears to keep them properly lubricated, causing discomfort. Symptoms of dry eye disease include burning, stinging, or scratchy feeling in your eyes, feels like something is in your eye, mucus in or around the eyes, light sensitivity, red or irritated eyes, difficulty wearing contact lenses, blurred vision, and excessively watery eyes. The study suggests that bacteria with anti-inflammatory effects in the gut can also reduce inflammatory conditions in the eye.