Dryden, M.D.. Assigned editor: Victoria Chang, MD. Review: Assigned status Up to Date. by Victoria ...TheAcademyusescookiestoanalyzeperformanceandproviderelevantpersonalizedcontenttousersofourwebsite. LearnmoreCreateaccountLoginMainpageArticlesGettingStartedHelpRecentchangesMyPortalPageDiscussionViewformViewsourceHistoryBlepharitisFromEyeWikiJumpto:navigation,searchEnrollintheResidentsandFellowscontestEnrollintheInternationalOphthalmologistscontestResidentsandFellowscontestrules|InternationalOphthalmologistscontestrulesOriginalarticlecontributedby:RahulSinghTonk,MD,MBAAllcontributors:BrianT.Fowler,MD, JordanJohnson, VictoriaChang,MD, RahulSinghTonk,MD,MBA, VatineeY.Bunya,MD,MSCE, Dr.KabirHossain, StephenC.Dryden,M.D.Assignededitor:VictoriaChang,MDReview:AssignedstatusUptoDate byVictoriaChang,MDonApril12,2021.addContributingEditors:addBlepharitisDiseasesDB1455ICD-10H01.0ICD-9373.0MedlinePlus001619MeSHD001762Contents1DiseaseEntity1.1Introduction1.2Epidemiology1.3RiskFactors&AssociatedConditions1.3.1DryEye1.3.2DermatologicConditions1.3.3Demodicosis1.4Pathophysiology2Diagnosis2.1Symptoms2.2PhysicalExamination2.3DiagnosticProcedures2.4DifferentialDiagnosis[1]3Management3.1GeneralTreatment3.2MedicalTherapy3.2.1TopicalAntibiotics3.2.2OralAntibiotics3.2.3Steroids3.2.4TopicalLubrication3.2.5Other3.3Prognosis4AdditionalResources5ReferencesDiseaseEntity2015ICD-9-CM373.0Blepharitis2010ICD-10H01.0IntroductionModeratecrustingatthebaseofthelashesisshowninthisimageofapatientwithseborrheicblepharitis.(c)2014one.aao.orgBlepharitis,aninflammatoryconditionoftheeyelidmargin,isacommoncauseofoculardiscomfortandirritationinallageandethnicgroups.Whilegenerallynotsight-threatening,itcanleadtopermanentalterationsintheeyelidmarginorvisionlossfromsuperficialkeratopathy,cornealneovascularization,andulceration.[1][2][3][4][5]Blepharitiscanbedividedintoanteriorandposterioraccordingtoanatomiclocation,althoughthereisconsiderableoverlapandbothareoftenpresent.Anteriorblepharitisaffectstheeyelidskin,ba