1 Skin disease on or around the eyelids can result in dry eye. 2  Diseases of the glands in the eyelids, such as meibomian gland dysfunction, can cause dry eye. 3  Dry eye can occur in women who are pregnant.  Women who are on hormone replacement therapy may experience dry eye symptoms.
any of the hormones produced by the adrenal cortex; also, their synthetic equivalents. Called also adrenocortical hormone and adrenocorticoid. All the hormones are steroids having similar chemical structures, but quite different physiologic effects.
The adrenal cortex is the outer portion of the adrenal gland that secretes steroid hormones. There are three major groups of steroid hormones known as mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids and sex hormones. In this lesson, we will learn about two of those groups, the glucocorticoids and the sex hormones.