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Here are Some Interesting Facts From the Perspective of Environmental Medicine, Rather than looking at Dry Eyes Symptoms Lets look at the Surrounding Factors.
-Blepharitis Is Caused By Dandruff; which is caused by these Germs: Bacteria, Yeast or Demodex Mites feeding off Dead Skin Cells.
-Scalp Infections, Or Dandruff of the Head is a more complex term for dry skin and Dead skin cells are a predominant cause of Blepharitis. It has been proven that Blepharitis is caused by the same Germs that cause seborrheic dermatitis or Scalp infections, or Dandruff. Ie. Staph, Strep Bacteria and Yeast Malassezia furfur, and Demodex mites. These all feed off Dead Skin and Sebaceous Oils.
-Dry Eye is not a Disease of The Eye, But of the Eyelid, where the Mebomian glands/Lacrimal glands or Surrounding skin of the eyelid becomes infected or dysfunctions. Therefore Dry eye Is a disease that should be treated as a Skin disease, however Dermatology has not studied or done research on the disease.
-According to Top allergists; polyquaternium A preservative that is found in many shampoos has been discovered with many people to promote allergic reactions. Leading to dysfunction of the Skin of the scalp, leading to infections.
-According to Dermatologists Mineral Oil can cause allergic reactions in some people, causing inflammation, that would lead to infections and dysfunction of the skin.
-According to Dermatologists Petroleum Jelly can cause Acne or Comedone formations, the clogging of Sebaceous glands.
Put all these Ingredients together in the perfect Enviornment and you have Meibomian gland dysfunction.
A person who is allergic to polyquaternium washes their hair with a new shampoo, their scalp has an allergic reaction, and causes the sebaceous glands of the scalp to malfunction. Once the skin of the scalp malfunctions the person then experiences extreme itching and burning due to a new infection as the Demodex mites, the Malassezia furfur Yeast and the staph and strep take hold in the Follicles of the sebaceous glands of the hair of the scalp that has malfunctioned due to the allergic reaction due to the preservative in the shampoo. Once the germs have set in, then comes the feeding of the dead skin cells and changing of the Oils of the sebaceous glands of the scalp into more solidified fatty acid content causing burning and itching. Small red bumps on the scalp appear revealing a condition similar to acne known as folliculitis. Thats caused by these germs feeding off the oils, solidified oils and dead skin flakes then make home in the once clean environment.
The Person then sleeps on his or her pillow at night as silently the demodex, yeast and bacteria grow on the pillowcase they fly off with the fresh dead skin cells off the head onto the pillow, as the person sleeps in the night tossing and turning, his face and eyelashes come in contact with the dead skin cells on the pillow case crawling with bacteria, yeast, and mites. These little guys say Its Feeding time, all you can eat oil and dead skin in these eyelids!
Thus Blepharitis is born.
The person then complains of over production of oil in the eye that leads to blurry vision and with his or her eye inflamed visits an eye doctor, who then prescribes azasite eye ointment, with a Base of mineral oil. That person then experiences burning as the allergic reaction continues in the eyelid and the mineral oil causes the meibomian glands to further malfunction in allergy. Due to the fact that mineral oil is a base in the ointment, that person experiences more burning than before and allergic reaction. By then the skin flakes of Yeast, Bacteria and demodex mites on the eyelashes make their new home in the Meibomian glands, clogging the glands and feeding off the oils and solidifying them, The person then complains of Symptoms of dry eye as their Tears evaporate quickly due to no stable tear film or oil production.
As the Yeast and bacteria and Demodex mites burrow into the meibomian glands themselves they change the oil in to more tooth paste like mixture causing more free fatty acids to occur causing the person symptoms in their eye of burning and watering.
Now that the eye is dry, the doctor Prescribes the Person the only treatment available for dry eye, Over the Counter Eye drops, that are only mixtures of saline with complex Sterilized form of a water soluble lubricant similar to K.Y. Jelly and lubricate the eye Artificially. Sense then the person cannot put eye drops in when they are a sleep, the doctor prescribes the person Night time ointment. Which contains two main ingredients, Petroleum Jelly and Mineral oil base.
The person uses the Night time ointment to lubricate their eyes every night, noticing that the Mineral oil base causes more inflammation, due to allergic reaction and that has occurred and that the Meibomian glands themselves become more clogged due to the clogging properties of the Petroleum Jelly. Thus the person complains more of dry eye and comes back to the doctor, the doctor examines the glands with a slit lamp and confirms, small pustules along the eyelid margin due to the solidification and clogging of the meibomian gland oils, Much similar to folliculitis, comedones and or Acne in Dermatology terms.
The doctor prescribes the patient hot compresses to unclog the glands, but doesn't see the underlying issues, that are clogging them.
Thus is born the condition of Chronic Dry eye.
I believe it is the very things that we use everyday that Lead to our Diseases, More study's should be done on Environmental Medicine.
Sincerely, MeibomianGlandMan
-Blepharitis Is Caused By Dandruff; which is caused by these Germs: Bacteria, Yeast or Demodex Mites feeding off Dead Skin Cells.
-Scalp Infections, Or Dandruff of the Head is a more complex term for dry skin and Dead skin cells are a predominant cause of Blepharitis. It has been proven that Blepharitis is caused by the same Germs that cause seborrheic dermatitis or Scalp infections, or Dandruff. Ie. Staph, Strep Bacteria and Yeast Malassezia furfur, and Demodex mites. These all feed off Dead Skin and Sebaceous Oils.
-Dry Eye is not a Disease of The Eye, But of the Eyelid, where the Mebomian glands/Lacrimal glands or Surrounding skin of the eyelid becomes infected or dysfunctions. Therefore Dry eye Is a disease that should be treated as a Skin disease, however Dermatology has not studied or done research on the disease.
-According to Top allergists; polyquaternium A preservative that is found in many shampoos has been discovered with many people to promote allergic reactions. Leading to dysfunction of the Skin of the scalp, leading to infections.
-According to Dermatologists Mineral Oil can cause allergic reactions in some people, causing inflammation, that would lead to infections and dysfunction of the skin.
-According to Dermatologists Petroleum Jelly can cause Acne or Comedone formations, the clogging of Sebaceous glands.
Put all these Ingredients together in the perfect Enviornment and you have Meibomian gland dysfunction.
A person who is allergic to polyquaternium washes their hair with a new shampoo, their scalp has an allergic reaction, and causes the sebaceous glands of the scalp to malfunction. Once the skin of the scalp malfunctions the person then experiences extreme itching and burning due to a new infection as the Demodex mites, the Malassezia furfur Yeast and the staph and strep take hold in the Follicles of the sebaceous glands of the hair of the scalp that has malfunctioned due to the allergic reaction due to the preservative in the shampoo. Once the germs have set in, then comes the feeding of the dead skin cells and changing of the Oils of the sebaceous glands of the scalp into more solidified fatty acid content causing burning and itching. Small red bumps on the scalp appear revealing a condition similar to acne known as folliculitis. Thats caused by these germs feeding off the oils, solidified oils and dead skin flakes then make home in the once clean environment.
The Person then sleeps on his or her pillow at night as silently the demodex, yeast and bacteria grow on the pillowcase they fly off with the fresh dead skin cells off the head onto the pillow, as the person sleeps in the night tossing and turning, his face and eyelashes come in contact with the dead skin cells on the pillow case crawling with bacteria, yeast, and mites. These little guys say Its Feeding time, all you can eat oil and dead skin in these eyelids!
Thus Blepharitis is born.
The person then complains of over production of oil in the eye that leads to blurry vision and with his or her eye inflamed visits an eye doctor, who then prescribes azasite eye ointment, with a Base of mineral oil. That person then experiences burning as the allergic reaction continues in the eyelid and the mineral oil causes the meibomian glands to further malfunction in allergy. Due to the fact that mineral oil is a base in the ointment, that person experiences more burning than before and allergic reaction. By then the skin flakes of Yeast, Bacteria and demodex mites on the eyelashes make their new home in the Meibomian glands, clogging the glands and feeding off the oils and solidifying them, The person then complains of Symptoms of dry eye as their Tears evaporate quickly due to no stable tear film or oil production.
As the Yeast and bacteria and Demodex mites burrow into the meibomian glands themselves they change the oil in to more tooth paste like mixture causing more free fatty acids to occur causing the person symptoms in their eye of burning and watering.
Now that the eye is dry, the doctor Prescribes the Person the only treatment available for dry eye, Over the Counter Eye drops, that are only mixtures of saline with complex Sterilized form of a water soluble lubricant similar to K.Y. Jelly and lubricate the eye Artificially. Sense then the person cannot put eye drops in when they are a sleep, the doctor prescribes the person Night time ointment. Which contains two main ingredients, Petroleum Jelly and Mineral oil base.
The person uses the Night time ointment to lubricate their eyes every night, noticing that the Mineral oil base causes more inflammation, due to allergic reaction and that has occurred and that the Meibomian glands themselves become more clogged due to the clogging properties of the Petroleum Jelly. Thus the person complains more of dry eye and comes back to the doctor, the doctor examines the glands with a slit lamp and confirms, small pustules along the eyelid margin due to the solidification and clogging of the meibomian gland oils, Much similar to folliculitis, comedones and or Acne in Dermatology terms.
The doctor prescribes the patient hot compresses to unclog the glands, but doesn't see the underlying issues, that are clogging them.
Thus is born the condition of Chronic Dry eye.
I believe it is the very things that we use everyday that Lead to our Diseases, More study's should be done on Environmental Medicine.
Sincerely, MeibomianGlandMan
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