Botulinum Helps Photophobia and Dry Eyes

People who were given botulinum for migraines found coincidentally that phobia and dry eye symptoms improved as well.

Ophthalmology. 2018 Jan;125(1):139-140.
doi: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2017.09.031.
Botulinum Toxin A for the Treatment of Photophobia and Dry Eye.
Diel RJ et al
http://www.aaojournal.org/article/S0161-6420(17)32400-4/abstract

  • 90 cases of chronic migraine being treated with botulinum
  • not clear whether readings are pre or post headache photophobia readings but likely phtophobia with migraine

Results: photophobia dropped from 7.91 to 5.27/10 and dry eye from 5.4 to 4.68/10

they felt results would warrant checking out results in cases without migraine.

Comment – photophobia results are impressive but dry eye not so much,

 

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