Материалы Х Республиканской конференции с международным участием Дрожжина Г.И., Павловский М.И., Павловская Г.Я. <...> Институт глазных болезней и тканевой терапии имени В.П. Филатова НАМН Украины, Одесса, Украина Drozhzhyna G., Pavlovskyi M., Pavlovska H. <...> The Filatov Institute of Eye Diseases and Tissue Therapy of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, Odessa, Ukraine Особенности синдрома «сухого глаза» у пациентов с первичным гипотиреозом Features of dry eye syndrome in patients with primary Hypothyroidism Abstract. <...> Diff erent features of dry eye syndrome were studied in 88 patients (176 eyes) with various forms of primary Hypothyroidism in the age from 14 till 78 years old. <...> The subclinical hypothyroidism was found in 52 patients (59,1%), the manifest hypothyroidism - in 36 patients (40,9%). <...> It was established that in patients with the subclinical hypothyroidism the tear production (Schirmer I test) and tear breakup time (TBUT) were higher than in patients with the manifest hypothyroidism and were 9,3±SD6,5 mm and 5,5±SD5,6mm (р=0,01); 5.7±SD 2,1sec and 4,8±SD 2,0 sec (р=0,049), respectively. <...> The ocular surface disease index (OSDI) in the subclinical hypothyroidism was lower - 41,4±SD20,6 points than in the manifest hypothyroidism – 51,6±SD 23,6 (р=0,03) points. <...> Patients with hypothyroidism need regular opthalmological examination and observation for timely tear replacement therapy prescription and prevention of keratopathy. <...> По частоте встречаемости заболевания щитовидной железы занимают первое место среди эндокринологических заболеваний. <...> Гипотиреоз - клинический синдром, обусловленный стойким дефицитом тиреоидных гормонов в организме. <...> Заболеваемость манифестной <...>