Is there a relationship between age and dry eyes?
年齡和乾眼之間有關係嗎？
The amount of tear secretion decreases with age because the secretory function of the lacrimal glands that produce tears decreases. Decreased tear secretion is thought to be one of the causes of dry eyes. On the other hand, the function of tear drainage (tear drainage) is sometimes reduced, resulting in a decrease in the amount of tears flowing out. This means that dry eye does not always occur with age.
淚液的分泌量隨年齡的增長而減少，因為產生淚液的淚腺的分泌功能下降。 淚液分泌減少被認為是乾眼症的原因之一。 另一方面，眼淚引流（淚道引流）的功能有時會降低，導致眼淚流出的量減少。這意味著乾眼症並不總是隨年齡增長而發生。