DEFINITION

The Blefaritis is the inflammation of the textile that forms the eyelid. It usually present more in the rims of the same one in the shape of annoyance of the rim, with a red color and formation of scales in the area. In other occasions eczema is a more diffuse injury for the whole eyelid with type injuries with itch and descamación.

TYPES OF BLEFARITIS

• Blefaritis Escamosa.
  

  It gives an impression of scaly eyelids due to his appearance, is characterized by the scales formation between the eyelashes that often fall down inside the eyes, producing a sensation that there is something inside them. Also the eyes turn out to be red. The rims of his eyelids are turned red most of the time, giving the impression of which it has been crying, and can produce local itch.
  The scaly blefaritis is caused by the local infection of bacteria and fungi in a skin seborreica.

• Blefaritis Alérgica.
  

  It is a form of expression of an allergy of contact to cosmetics products in most cases.
  The allergens that usually turn out to be more suspicious for every doctor are usually the cosmetics that are applied straight in the eyelids: eyeshadows, pencils and rouges, as well as the cosmetic dissolvers to eliminate them. But in fact there are not the cosmetics for the eyes the persons in charge of the biggest number of dermatitis of contact of but any substance that contaminates the fingers and that by means of the hands is taken to the eyes the one that it can provoke dermatitis sharp or chronicles of the eyelids:

  • you plant and his juices
  • vegetables
  • nickel
  • chromium
  • formaldehyde - sulfonamide lacquer
  • plastic acrylic
  • eosina
  • you cremate hands
  • cosmetics for the face and for the scalp
  • medicines for the legs or the feet
  • allergens contained in the air like dust of dry líquenes
  • And all the proper allergens of the professional dermatitis

  Never must forget that the proper medicines used for the eyes, eyewashes and ointments can be the causers of an allergic blefaritis of contact. The allergens of the medicines oftalmológicos can be the active substances: neomicina, bacitracina, sulfamidas, anticolinérgicos, antihistamine, anesthetic places, yellow oxide of mercury, or the conservatives of the same parabenos, mercurial, etilenodiamina, etc.

TREATMENT

• The scaly blefaritis usually talks each other with eyewashes or ophthalmic ointments with antibiotics and associate corticoids. To apply the treatment it has to of washing well his/her/its hands previously. Looking in a mirror, dampen a cotton rod in the eyewash or ointment indicated by his doctor and gently "brush" and clean all the scaly areas of the eyelids and the eyelashes. Do not clean the scales with his fingers, since the infection risk increases. Be careful of the eye is not scraped incidentally with the applicator. Normally his doctor will indicate him that it should repeat the procedure 2 or 3 times a day for 7 or 10 days.
  Later the use of a shampoo is indicated usually anti-seborréico, it use in his scalp the day that begins his treatment for the eyelids and then one week later. It must always take care of the fact that the shampoo not between in his eyes, keep closed. When you already do not have any more scales, you can avoid the future recurrence continuing with the use of the shampoo at least once a month.

• The allergic blefaritis talks each other with local steroids and avoiding the causes that have produced it, for it the diagnosis by means of a few contact tests for an alergólogo is the step before to the treatment.

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