MDT

Question 1

Anterior Blepharitus involves?

Answer 1

Lid skin, eyelashes, and associated glads.

Question 2

Posterior blepharitis is what? And can be associated with what?

Answer 2

• inflammation of the meibomian glads.

- Acne rosacea

Question 3

Symptoms of Itching, burning, mild pain, foriegn body sensation,tearing, erythema of the lids, and crusting around the eyes upon waking up is signs of what?

Answer 3

-Blepharitis

Question 4

Eyes that are red rimmed with scaling and granulations on the eye lashes?

Answer 4

Anterior blepharitis

Question 5

Hyperemic with telangiectasia (spider veins), and dots along the eyelid margins is what?

Answer 5

Posterior blepharitis

Question 6

What are some findings of blepharitis?

Answer 6

• Telangiectasia, frothy/greasy tears, lid margins rolled inward (entropion), pink irritated eyelids, crust on eyelashes.

Question 7

What is the trwatment for blepharitis?

Answer 7

• Scrub eyelid margins twice a day
• warm compress 1-2x daily for 15-20min
• anti staphylococcal eye ointment (bacitracin)
• long term: tetracyclines

Question 8

Hordeolum is also known as?

Answer 8

• A “sty”