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Common skin examination findings of blepharitis include:<ref name="pmid3957566">{{cite journal| author=Dougherty JM, McCulley JP| title=Bacterial lipases and chronic blepharitis. | journal=Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | year= 1986 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 486-91 | pmid=3957566 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3957566 }} </ref><ref name="pmid13274422">{{cite journal| author=THYGESON P, VAUGHAN DG| title=Seborrheic blepharitis. | journal=Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc | year= 1954 | volume= 52 | issue= | pages= 173-88 | pmid=13274422 | doi= | pmc=1312591 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13274422 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19383269">{{cite journal| author=Lemp MA, Nichols KK| title=Blepharitis in the United States 2009: a survey-based perspective on prevalence and treatment. | journal=Ocul Surf | year= 2009 | volume= 7 | issue= 2 Suppl | pages= S1-S14 | pmid=19383269 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19383269 }} </ref> | Common skin examination findings of blepharitis include:<ref name="pmid3957566">{{cite journal| author=Dougherty JM, McCulley JP| title=Bacterial lipases and chronic blepharitis. | journal=Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci | year= 1986 | volume= 27 | issue= 4 | pages= 486-91 | pmid=3957566 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=3957566 }} </ref><ref name="pmid13274422">{{cite journal| author=THYGESON P, VAUGHAN DG| title=Seborrheic blepharitis. | journal=Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc | year= 1954 | volume= 52 | issue= | pages= 173-88 | pmid=13274422 | doi= | pmc=1312591 | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=13274422 }} </ref><ref name="pmid19383269">{{cite journal| author=Lemp MA, Nichols KK| title=Blepharitis in the United States 2009: a survey-based perspective on prevalence and treatment. | journal=Ocul Surf | year= 2009 | volume= 7 | issue= 2 Suppl | pages= S1-S14 | pmid=19383269 | doi= | pmc= | url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=19383269 }} </ref> | ||
*Scalp or facial skin itching and flaking ([[seborrheic dermatitis]]) | *Scalp or facial skin itching and flaking ([[seborrheic dermatitis]]) | ||
*Facial flushing and | *Facial flushing and [[Telangiectasia]] on cheeks and nose ([[acne rosacea]]) | ||
===Eye=== | ===Eye=== | ||
Common eye examination findings of blepharitis include:<ref name=Blepharitis-1> American Academy of Ophthalmology/eyewiki (2014) http://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis Accessed on July 14, 2016 </ref> | Common eye examination findings of blepharitis include:<ref name=Blepharitis-1> American Academy of Ophthalmology/eyewiki (2014) http://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis Accessed on July 14, 2016 </ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [3]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sara Mehrsefat, M.D. [4]
Overview
Physical examination of patients with blepharitis is usually remarkable for irritated eyelid edges, hard crusting of the lashes, entropion, ectropion, poliosis, and diffuse conjunctival injection.[1][2]
Physical Examination
Skin
Common skin examination findings of blepharitis include:[1][2][3]
- Scalp or facial skin itching and flaking (seborrheic dermatitis)
- Facial flushing and Telangiectasia on cheeks and nose (acne rosacea)
Eye
Common eye examination findings of blepharitis include:[4]
- Pink or irritated eyelid edges
- Hard crusting of the lashes (staphylococcal blepharitis)
- Greasy appearing flakes (seborrheic blepharitis)
- Cylindrical dandruff on the base of lashes (Demodex folliculorum)
- Telangiectasia on the anterior eyelid
- Entropion
- Ectropion
- Trichiasis
- Madarosis
- Poliosis
- Distichiasis
- Diffuse conjunctival injection
Images
The following are gross images associated with blepharitis:
![Entropion and trichiasis[6]](/index.php/File:Entropion.jpeg)
![Ectropion[5]](/index.php?title=Special:Upload&wpDestFile=Ectropion.jpeg){kind=link}
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dougherty JM, McCulley JP (1986). "Bacterial lipases and chronic blepharitis". Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 27 (4): 486–91. PMID 3957566.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 THYGESON P, VAUGHAN DG (1954). "Seborrheic blepharitis". Trans Am Ophthalmol Soc. 52: 173–88. PMC 1312591. PMID 13274422.
- ↑ Lemp MA, Nichols KK (2009). "Blepharitis in the United States 2009: a survey-based perspective on prevalence and treatment". Ocul Surf. 7 (2 Suppl): S1–S14. PMID 19383269.
- ↑ American Academy of Ophthalmology/eyewiki (2014) http://eyewiki.org/Blepharitis Accessed on July 14, 2016
- ↑ Blepharitis. Wikipedia (2016). [1] Accessed on July 14, 2016
- ↑ Blepharitis. Wikipedia (2016). [2] Accessed on July 15, 2016
![[1]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectropion#/media/File:Cycatricial_ectropion_-_eyes_open.jpeg){kind=link}
![[2]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropion#/media/File:Entropion_and_trichiasis_secondary_to_trachoma_A44-652-11.jpg){kind=link}