Blepharitis Management
Follow Up
- Follow-up visits are based on the severity of symptoms and signs, current treatment and comorbid factors
- Includes interval history, visual acuity measurement, external exam, slit-lamp biomicroscopy, and IOP measurement
- Patients should be re-evaluated within a few weeks to determine the response to therapy and assess compliance to the treatment regimen
- Prompt referral to an ophthalmologist is recommended if any of the following is observed
- Visual loss
- Moderate or severe pain
- Severe or chronic redness
- Involvement of the cornea
- Recurrent episodes
- Lack of response to treatment