Midlife Guide For Women Eyes
Your eyes may be feeling gritty because you’re not producing enough tears, or the tears you have evaporate too quickly. Sometimes this is related to aging, a malfunction of the tear glands or illness. Dry eyes are associated with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, Sjögren’s syndrome, diabetes, Parkinson’s and thyroid disease. But there’s lots of evidence that dry eyes are related to fluctuations in hormones, especially androgen, which affects the production of the watery and oily layers of your tears....