Talk:Blepharitis

What really is the "most common" form of blepharitis?
The article mentions the "most common" three times, but each time is for a different topic. Can someone clear up the wording?

Fungal treatments for blepharitis
This would need verification and citing, but it does not seem generally supported by the current evidence. Searching PubMed yields just 5 references for "Blepharitis Ketoconazole" (or "Blepharitis Nizorel") in the last 25 years !
 * 1)  - acknowledges "the role of certain mycoses in the etiopathogenesis of blepharitis remains controversial"
 * 2)  - listing summary of a number of trials and totally just 40 patients - hardly common
 * 3)   - "Ketoconazole was no better than placebo at improving the symptoms of blepharitis."
 * 4)  - is a case report, but has no PubMed summary
 * 5)  -  describes fungal infection of the eye itself, rather than external eyelid problem.

So please cite evidence either that dermatologists commonly recomend such treatment (its not on Moorfields Eye Hospital's info sheet) or studies of effectiveness. David Ruben Talk 19:35, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

Why would we cite evidence that dermatologists recommend such treatment? The text you deleted states that dermatologist DO NOT currently recommend such treatment for Blepharitis. Rather, it says that they recommend it for Seb. Derm., but NOT for Seb. Bleph. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.74.167.71 (talk) 07:30, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't forget Rosacea associated blepharatis - the most common variant
Most of the thinking in regards to blepharitis has undergone a transformation in the last decade. Many people are of the opinion that the most typical form of blepharitis has little to do with colonizing bacteria and everything to do with an immune overeaction at the oil gland outlets (meibomian glands). Blepharitis is commonly found in association with acne rosacea and it is belived that the same glandular inflamatory process that affects the facial skin is affecting the lid skin.

The most high yield treatment for this type of rosacea associated blepharitis is warm compress - lid scrubbing with shampoo seems to make little difference. Use of antibiotic is mostly uneccessary and occasionally harmful when toxicity develops to the medication. The use of lubrication such as artificial tears is also a mainstay of therapy.

Resistant cases are treated with topical stearoid preparations for a limited interval and sometimes oral agents in the tetracycline family (tetracycline, doxycycline, minocycline) can be very effective both for the blepharatis and rosacea. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.207.24.95 (talk • contribs) 16:28, 18 August 2006 (UTC).

How to lists
recommend linking out to "eyelid" care topic. Wikipedia is NOT a how-to guide —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lindendoss (talk • contribs) 23:59, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

picture of a chalazion is incorrect - the picture is a external hordeolum 47.22.5.6 (talk) 20:27, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

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