ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION The term blepharitis refers to the inflammation of the eyelid. It is a common eye disorder frequently misdiagnosed and untreated. Many eye care professionals don’t recognize the importance of the disease and its irreversible long-term consequences. Some complications of chronic blepharitis are tear fi lm instability and dry eye, lid morphologic changes and corneal abnormalities. The etiology of blepharitis is unknown and
Oculoplastics Department, Visio Clinica, Address Av. do Contorno 4747 suite 1705, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Zip Code: CEP 30110-090. aE-mail: taliana.freitas@gmail.com bE-mail: dribonfi oli@gmail.com *Corresponding author
probably multifactorial (Dougherty and McCulley 1984, Oto et al. 1998). The treatment is prolonged and recurrences are common.
