Providers can measure total IgE levels in tears to rapidly and immediately diagnose seasonal allergic conjunctivitis in addition to predicting its severity and prognosis, according to a study published in Clinical and Translational Allergy.
The prospective, nonrandomized study involved 55 patients (mean age, 31 years; age range, 7 to 56 years; 19 males) enrolled between March and August 2020, as well as 10 age-matched and sex-matched healthy control participants, Jiayu Bao, doctoral student and research assistant at Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, and colleagues wrote.
These patients tested