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Blepharitis - Coggle Diagram
Blepharitis
symptoms
itchy eye
crusting of the eyelids
red eye
foreign body sensation
missing/ miss directed eyelids
clinical signs
lash loss
colarettes around lashes hickening and cloudiness of the clear oil of the meibomian glands;
conjunctival hyperaremi- more blood flow to the conjunctiva
dandruff scaling of the eyes
management
gentle lid massage
warm compress
good hygenie; wash with diluted soap
risk factors
rosaecea or eczema
female
50yrs >
aetiology; staphyloccocus epidermidis,
Propionibacterium acnes
Corynebacterium species
investigation
recurrent blepharitis; lid margin culture
lid biopsy
definition; inflammation of the eyelids