[Efficacy of physiotherapy and hygienic procedures in treatment of adults and children with chronic blepharitis and dry eye syndrome] - PubMed

[Article in Russian]

• PMID: 23879027

Comparative Study

[Efficacy of physiotherapy and hygienic procedures in treatment of adults and children with chronic blepharitis and dry eye syndrome]

[Article in Russian]

L P Prozornaia et al. Vestn Oftalmol. 2013 May-Jun.

Abstract

110 patients aged from 3 to 42 years old were examined to estimate the efficacy of chronic blepharitis treatment: 50 patients with chronic blepharitis and dry eye syndrome (DES), 28 with DES due to computer vision syndrome and 32 with isolated chronic blepharitis. All patients received eyelid massage. If the secretion was too thick and difficult to evacuate from meibomian glands then duct probing was performed. In addition a complex of hygienic procedures was performed using phytoproducts ("Geltec-Medika", Russia): blepharoshampoo, blepharolotion, blepharogel 1 and 2. Moist warm pads (with blepharolotion and calendula extraction) were applied on the eyelids in 25 patients. Massage and probing of meibomian gland ducts and hygienic procedures were showed to be effective in management of clinical signs of chronic blepharitis including coexisting DES. Moist warm pads improve efficacy of background therapy in patients with meibomian gland hypofunction and have no effect in blepharitis with excessive meibomian gland secretion. Eyelid hygiene was showed to be effective in adults and children as well including infants.

Similar articles

• Eyelid margin modification associated with eyelid hygiene in anterior blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction.

  Guillon M, Maissa C, Wong S. Guillon M, et al. Eye Contact Lens. 2012 Sep;38(5):319-25. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e318268305a. Eye Contact Lens. 2012. PMID: 22890229

• [Treatment of chronic allergic blepharoconjunctivitis].

  Ianchenko SV, Sakhnov SN, Malyshev AV, Fedotova NV, Orekhova OIu, Grishchenko IV. Ianchenko SV, et al. Vestn Oftalmol. 2014 Sep-Oct;130(5):78, 80-4. Vestn Oftalmol. 2014. PMID: 25711068 Russian.

• Symptomatic relief associated with eyelid hygiene in anterior blepharitis and MGD.

  Guillon M, Maissa C, Wong S. Guillon M, et al. Eye Contact Lens. 2012 Sep;38(5):306-12. doi: 10.1097/ICL.0b013e3182658699. Eye Contact Lens. 2012. PMID: 22890228

• Dry eye, blepharitis and chronic eye irritation: divide and conquer.

  Gilbard JP. Gilbard JP. J Ophthalmic Nurs Technol. 1999 May-Jun;18(3):109-15. J Ophthalmic Nurs Technol. 1999. PMID: 10633658 Review.

• Eyelid cleaning: Methods, tools, and clinical applications.

  Zhang L, Wang J, Gao Y. Zhang L, et al. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Dec 1;71(12):3607-3614. doi: 10.4103/IJO.IJO_1457_23. Epub 2023 Nov 20. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023. PMID: 37991291 Free PMC article. Review.

Cited by

• Historical ethnobotanical review of medicinal plants used to treat children diseases in Romania (1860s-1970s).

  Petran M, Dragos D, Gilca M. Petran M, et al. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2020 Mar 24;16(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s13002-020-00364-6. J Ethnobiol Ethnomed. 2020. PMID: 32204715 Free PMC article. Review.

• Review of Literature on Intraductal Meibomian Gland Probing with Insights from the Inventor and Developer: Fundamental Concepts and Misconceptions.

  Warren NA, Maskin SL. Warren NA, et al. Clin Ophthalmol. 2023 Feb 8;17:497-514. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S390085. eCollection 2023. Clin Ophthalmol. 2023. PMID: 36789289 Free PMC article. Review.

Publication types

MeSH terms