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This story sounds familiar? Your have constant dry, red eyes, cannot read or watch TV easily, sometimes crust build up on your eye lids. You use eye drops, warm compress, cleaning eye lids with baby shampoo, and your eyes are still red, dry, crusty, and irritable. Your doctor may have told you that you have Blepharitis.
What is Blepharitis?
Blepharitis is a recurring condition caused by inflammation of the eye lids. Meibomian tear glands – which secretes lipids, mucin and proteins are often involved. Common causes include:
• Age
• Allergy
• Immune system problems - Sjogrens
• Hormone changes
• Bacteria
• Dermatitis (rosacea, dandruff,) sometimes allergies.
Typical Treatments and recommendations are but not limited to:
1. Eye Lid Hygiene
2. Warm compress to loosen meibomian clogging daily followed by gentle massage of both upper and lower eye lids.
3. Antibiotics such as Doxycycline (oral), TobraDex, Cyclosporin eye drops and more.
How does Blepharitis Cause Dry Eye Syndrome?
Symptoms of Blepharitis are very similar to red dry eyes - blurry vision, watery, red, tired, light sensitivity and often wake up with a crusting of eyelashes.
The most common cause of Blepharitis is Meibomian Gland Dysfuncton (MGD)- where the meibomian gland contains an abnormal or absent lipid. The abnormality destabilizes the tear film and can lead to evaporative dry eye – Chronic Dry Eye Syndrome. While MGD can initially appear without inflammation, it will often progress to a more inflamed condition.
What does your eye care doctor look for?
During and exam, the eye specialist usually looks a the patient’s eyes through a slit lamp, a microscopy-like instrument, to view the eye in more detail. In patients who MGD, the doctor will see plugged glands and thickened secretions. The doctor also will see very rapid tear film breakup (Tear Breakup Test of 5 seconds or less), a prominent sigh of MGD.
The doctor often will press on the eyelid to “express” the secretions to determine if the glands are producing lipids, and see what it looks like. The doctor notes how easily the secretion comes out, and if the secretion is cloudy, with debris, and is thick, like toothpaste, in advanced cases.
Unfortunately, Blepharitis tends to recur. And this condition can be very frustrating!
How can TheraLife Eye Help?
TheraLife Eye is effective in reducing inflammation and stimulates tear flow for chronic dry eye relief. Often people with chronic dry eyes also have Blepharitis. Treating chronic dry eyes reduces the inflammation, and also helps to reduce the recurrence of Blepharitis. It is highly recommended that those who have Blepharitis stay on TheraLife Eye long term to increase the rate of success.
What is Blepharitis?
Blepharitis is a recurring condition caused by inflammation of the eye lids. Meibomian tear glands – which secretes lipids, mucin and proteins are often involved. Common causes include:
• Age
• Allergy
• Immune system problems - Sjogrens
• Hormone changes
• Bacteria
• Dermatitis (rosacea, dandruff,) sometimes allergies.
Typical Treatments and recommendations are but not limited to:
1. Eye Lid Hygiene
2. Warm compress to loosen meibomian clogging daily followed by gentle massage of both upper and lower eye lids.
3. Antibiotics such as Doxycycline (oral), TobraDex, Cyclosporin eye drops and more.
How does Blepharitis Cause Dry Eye Syndrome?
Symptoms of Blepharitis are very similar to red dry eyes - blurry vision, watery, red, tired, light sensitivity and often wake up with a crusting of eyelashes.
The most common cause of Blepharitis is Meibomian Gland Dysfuncton (MGD)- where the meibomian gland contains an abnormal or absent lipid. The abnormality destabilizes the tear film and can lead to evaporative dry eye – Chronic Dry Eye Syndrome. While MGD can initially appear without inflammation, it will often progress to a more inflamed condition.
What does your eye care doctor look for?
During and exam, the eye specialist usually looks a the patient’s eyes through a slit lamp, a microscopy-like instrument, to view the eye in more detail. In patients who MGD, the doctor will see plugged glands and thickened secretions. The doctor also will see very rapid tear film breakup (Tear Breakup Test of 5 seconds or less), a prominent sigh of MGD.
The doctor often will press on the eyelid to “express” the secretions to determine if the glands are producing lipids, and see what it looks like. The doctor notes how easily the secretion comes out, and if the secretion is cloudy, with debris, and is thick, like toothpaste, in advanced cases.
Unfortunately, Blepharitis tends to recur. And this condition can be very frustrating!
How can TheraLife Eye Help?
TheraLife Eye is effective in reducing inflammation and stimulates tear flow for chronic dry eye relief. Often people with chronic dry eyes also have Blepharitis. Treating chronic dry eyes reduces the inflammation, and also helps to reduce the recurrence of Blepharitis. It is highly recommended that those who have Blepharitis stay on TheraLife Eye long term to increase the rate of success.
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