{"id":7671,"date":"2026-03-12T22:53:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T20:53:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/?p=7671"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T17:51:07","slug":"xirofthalmia-ygeia-dermatos-vlemmatos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/en\/2026\/03\/12\/xirofthalmia-ygeia-dermatos-vlemmatos\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Eye as a Reflection of the Overall Health of the Skin and the Gaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7671\" class=\"elementor elementor-7671\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d5ca1a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d5ca1a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e8bdc11\" data-id=\"e8bdc11\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6746c7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6746c7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction \u2013 The silent epidemic of the gaze<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dfa4c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8dfa4c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u0397\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/en\/2025\/11\/02\/epidiamia-tis-xirothalmias\/\">Dry eye<\/a> is today one of the most common and underestimated conditions of the developed world <strong>More than 30%<\/strong> of the population report, daily or occasionally, a feeling of dryness, stinging, redness or \u201csand\u201d in the eyes. This is not a small local nuisance. For many people it is that constant burning, the heaviness of the eyelids at night, the discomfort at screens, the tearing in the wind, the feeling that \u201cmy eyes got tired before I got tired.\u201d<\/p><p>In the era of screens, air conditioning, poor sleep and overstimulation, the eyes \u2014 like the skin \u2014 suffer. But behind this symptom there is something deeper: dry eye functions as a mirror of our overall balance. It reflects the health of the skin, <a href=\"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/en\/2025\/09\/19\/mayroi-kykloi-meta-apo-xeirourgeia\/\">the microcirculation<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/en\/2025\/11\/21\/thyroid-dark-circles-eyes\/\">hormones<\/a>even mental exhaustion<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8920ff0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8920ff0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7b789e\" data-id=\"a7b789e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4778a0e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4778a0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260312.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7683\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260312.jpg 603w, https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260312-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ophthalmogen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260312-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7baa688 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7baa688\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dry eye is not a disease of the 21st century.<\/strong> The <strong>Hippocrates<\/strong> already described in <strong>\u201cOn the Eyes\u201d<\/strong> clinical pictures that resemble what today\u2019s patients experience:<\/p><p><strong>\u201cDry eyes, burning, without tears; a sign of lack of humors.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><p>For Hippocrates, dryness in the eyes was not simply \u201ca local problem.\u201d It was a sign of systemic imbalance. 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