Ocular surface

A most frequent pathology that in its mild to severe forms can alter the patient’s life quality. The pathognomonic symptom is a “gritty sensation”.

A dry eye can have multiple causes including autoimmune, medicine, infectious and postsurgical. There are diverse tests for classifying the pathology and guide the treatment that fits the patient most.

A multifactor inflammation of the conjunctiva that does not respond to traditional conjunctivitis treatment. It is relatively frequent both in infectious and non-infectious forms.

There is a wide range of cases with very different seriousness. Patients usually have secretion, tearing and red eye for several weeks. Tests are required to determine the cause and treat it.

This disorder is ever more frequent. Can be tied to general allergy symptoms, such as rhinitis, sneezes or skin rash. It presents with itchy conjunctivitis, tearing and red eyes. It is treated locally and systemically.

It is a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the skin and the eyes. Associated to a malfunction of the sebaceous glands of the face, the scalp and the shoulders. In ophthalmology, it presents with evaporative dry eye and excessive sebum secretion causing chronic recurring seborrheic blepharitis. The eyelid margin presents telangiectasias, distortion, alteration and dysfunction of the meibomian glands which are prone to causing repeated sties and dry eye symptoms. The condition may progress generating alterations in the ocular surface of varied seriousness.

It is important to have frequent ophthalmology checks to diagnose it early and alleviate the patient’s symptoms, improve their life quality and avoid consequences to the eye, such as glandular atrophy, an increase of dry-eye symptoms, conjunctival fibrosis, corneal scarring and vascularization with the potential of visual impairment.

These are eyelid margin pathologies and the most frequent cause is dry eye. They affect the tear quality, either due to an inflammation of the meibomian glands or the base of the eyelashes. It may also generate redness in the eyelid margin, itching, eyelash loss and sties.

In chronic cases where this condition is not improved through eyelid margin hygiene and local treatment, intense pulsed light (IPL) can be performed to drain the eyelid glands.