Correlation between abnormal blink in children and thickness of lipid layer of tear film

• Main Authors: Lei Jiang, Kan Yang, Jun Li
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Press of International Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO PRESS) 2020-11-01
• Series: Guoji Yanke Zazhi
• Subjects: childhood abnormal blink; lipid layer thickness; dry eye
• Online Access: http://ies.ijo.cn/cn_publish/2020/11/202011032.pdf
• ISSN: 1672-5123; 1672-5123

AIM: To detect the thickness of tear film lipid layer(LLT)in children with abnormal blink, to explore the relationship between abnormal blink and LLT, and to find out the diagnostic value of LLT in children with abnormal blink.<p>METHODS: Prospective comparative study. Selecting 46 cases of children with "frequent blink" as the first reason in our ophthalmic outpatient clinic in 2016-11/2017-02 as abnormal blink group. In the same period, 46 children with non-anomalous blink were selected as control group. The history collection, slit lamp examination, refractive examination, Schirmer I test(SⅠt), tear film break-up time(BUT), and the number of times of LLT and incomplete blink(PB)were measured and compared surface light interferometer were compared.<p>RESULTS: The LLT of the abnormal blink group was 72.17(22.13, 91.00)nm, which was lower than that of the control group 81.97(30.25,95.27)nm,(<i>U</i>=674.5, <i>P</i>=0.028); The mean equivalent spherical degrees(-0.98±3.09D)and SⅠt(11.39±2.46mm/5min)in the abnormal blink group were not different from those in the control group(-0.24±3.06D, 11.74±2.10mm/5min)(<i>P</i>>0.05). Mean PB(0.58±0.28)and mean BUT in the eyes of blink group There was a difference(18.27±5.51s)from the control group(0.43±0.17, 21.01±6.14s)(<i>P</i><0.05).<p>CONCLUSION: Children's abnormal blinks are associated with many factors, and the LLT decline may be an important factor in children's abnormal blink.