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  • Diagnose the cause (s) of photophobia—realizing that dry eyes and migraine are the most frequent causes.

  • Treat all of the causes you find since treatment will improve outcome.

  • Consider a trial of blue-blocking lenses (FL-41 tint).

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  1. Digre KB, Brennan KC. Shedding light on photophobia. J Neuroophthalmol. 2012;32:68–81.

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  2. Katz BJ, Digre KB. Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and treatment of photophobia. Surv Ophthalmol. 2016;61(4):466–77.

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  3. Llop SM, Frandsen JE, Digre KB, Katz BJ, Crum AV, Zhang C, Warner JE. Increased prevalence of depression and anxiety in patients with migraine and interictal photophobia. J Headache Pain. 2016;17:34.

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  1. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Michael S. Lee

  2. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    Kathleen B. Digre

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Lee, M.S., Digre, K.B. (2018). Case 21. In: A Case-Based Guide to Eye Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65121-7_21

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