The Presence of Dry Eye Syndrome in Patients with Fibromyalgia: A Cross-sectional Controlled Study

Abstract

Our aim is to investigate the presence of dry eye in fibromyalgia (FM) patients with using a self-reported questionnaire and objective tests. This study included 20 patients who were newly diagnosed FM and 20 healthy controls. Both groups were evaluated with ocular surface disease scale (OSDI), non-anesthetized Schirmer-I test, meibography, tear meniscus assessment, fluorescein tear break time (FBUT), non-invasive tear break time (NITBUT) and corneal fluorescein staining (CFS) tests. OSDI questions were significantly higher, FBUT values were significantly lower and FBUT values were significantly correlated with OSDI in FM patients. (p<0.05, p=0.007). There was no significant difference in other parameters.In this context, it was observed in this study that FM patients had significantly more ocular discomfort than healthy controls. Early recognition of comorbidities by physicians ensures the success of FM treatment with comorbidities.