Diagnosis. Tests and procedures used to diagnose blepharitis include: Examining your eyes. Your doctor might use a special magnifying ...Scheduleyourappointmentnowforsafein-personcare.Learnmore:MayoClinicfactsaboutcoronavirusdisease2019(COVID-19)Our COVID-19patient andvisitorguidelines,plustrustedhealthinformationLateston COVID-19vaccination bysite:ArizonapatientvaccinationupdatesArizona,FloridapatientvaccinationupdatesFlorida,RochesterpatientvaccinationupdatesRochesterandMayoClinicHealthSystempatientvaccinationupdatesMCHSSkiptositenavigationSkiptoContentThiscontentdoesnothaveanEnglishversion.ThiscontentdoesnothaveanArabicversion.SectionsforBlepharitisSymptoms&causesDiagnosis&treatmentPrintDiagnosisTestsandproceduresusedtodiagnoseblepharitisinclude:Examiningyoureyes.Yourdoctormightuseaspecialmagnifyinginstrumenttoexamineyoureyelidsandyoureyes.Swabbingskinfortesting.Incertaincases,yourdoctormightuseaswabtocollectasampleoftheoilorcrustthatformsonyoureyelid.Thissamplecanbeanalyzedforbacteria,fungiorevidenceofanallergy.TreatmentSelf-caremeasures,suchaswashingyoureyesandusingwarmcompresses,mightbeallthat'sneededformostcasesofblepharitis.Ifself-caremeasuresaren'tenough,yourdoctormightsuggestprescriptiontreatments,including:Medicationsthatfightinfection.Antibioticsappliedtotheeyelidhavebeenshowntoprovidereliefofsymptomsandresolvebacterialinfectionoftheeyelids.Theseareavailableinseveralforms,includingeyedrops,creamsandointments.Ifyoudon'trespondtotopicalantibiotics,yourdoctormightsuggestanoralantibiotic.Medicationstocontrolinflammation.Steroideyedropsorointmentsareusedforthis,generallyonlyforpeoplewhodon'trespondtoothertherapies.Yourdoctormightprescribebothantibioticandanti-inflammatorydrugs.Medicationsthataffecttheimmunesystem.Topicalcyclosporine(Restasis)hasbeenshowntoofferreliefofsomesignsandsymptomsofblepharitis.Treatmentsforunderlyingconditions.Blepharitiscausedbyseborrheicdermatitis,rosaceaorotherdiseasesmightbecontrolledbytreatingtheunderlyingdisease.Othertreatmentop