Identifying and addressing vitamin D deficiency could help manage and potentially prevent dry eye disease and lacrimal disorders, study suggests.


In this study, patients deficient in vitamin D had a significantly higher incidence of dry eye disease 

The researchers wrote that “identifying and addressing vitamin D deficiency could lead to appropriately managing and potentially preventing dry eye syndrome.” 

Beauchamp BC, Shmushkevich S, Kane J, Bajrami S, Parekh P. The influence of vitamin D deficiency in the development of dry eye disease. ARVO 2025 annual meeting.