| Summary: | Recent years, due to social and economic development, the popularization of electronic products and increasing work pressure of people, which resulting in the increasing of prevalence of sleep deprivation(SD)and dry eye(DE). This phenomenon not only affects people's physical and mental health, but also causes a certain burden on the social economy. Moreover, a series of studies show that sleep disturbance is one of the independent risk factors leading to dry eye of folks. Therefore, the influence of sleep factors should be considered in the diagnosis and treatment of dry eyes. At present, the mechanism of ocular surface lesions and how sleep disorders cause dry eye are frontier topic in the field. In this paper, we specifically analyze the correlation between sleep disorders and dry eye. Furthermore, the mechanism of this correlation is summarized. It can help to analyze the influence of improving the effect of sleep and provide a new way of diagnosis and treatment for ophthalmologists.
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