Blepharitis & Wet Ones Experiment 1/17/2017
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I was diagnosed with Blepharitis 3 years ago during a routine eye exam.
Since that time, I have had several exacerbations. The last one, several months back from the time of this post had me looking for new ideas.
Here's my situation:
53 y/o caucasian male with a past medical history of Roseacea well controlled with Head & Shoulders shampoo. Roseacea exacerbations treated with topical steroid PRN (as necessary). I saw an allergist 1 year ago and was able to find nothing conclusive as far as allergies but was placed on Singulair and Zyrtec for Sinusitus.
Blepharitis flare-ups have been worsening with the last one 3 months ago- I saw an Opthamologist mid-year 2016 and the regiment he described to me use had not been able to treat it as i had in past with warm compresses (a tube-sock filled with rice and tied off at end- heated in a microwave for 2mins), regular eye washing with Johnsons Baby Shampoo and eye oinment- PRED-G an antibiotic with steroid. Conditions were worsening and trying to work and function with normal activities of daily living were becoming more difficult, not to mention the pyschological impact. My efforts to overcome this latest exacerbation were not working. I work in a hospital for the last 5 years in Balt. MD
Here's what Im trying as of 1/17/2017 and plan on keeping my findings posted here...
I have started (at the advice of a post on this site and my own personal research) using Wet Ones wipes. The synthetic active ingredient, Benzothonium Chloride is what I hope may kill the bacteria.
My routine: I am washing my eyelids before each use and using 1/3 of each towellete by cutting into strips. I repeat this 4X daily since 1/17 and have so far had noticeable improvement- but not yet 100% free but at least not as bothered by my eyes. I am still using an eye lubricant as needed throughout the day.
While I am hopeful, I remain cautiously optomstic.
Bryan
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armash93 WilliamSnow
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Anti-allergens can also cure blepharitis if the root cause of your blehp is allergy
I wanted to update you guys regarding my Blepharitis. I couldn't find Wet Ones so I went to an Eye Specialist (a new one this time). And he listened to my complete history carefully.
And after analyzing my past and everything; he came to a conclusion that I might be suffering from blepharitis due to an allergy. He said we'd start with an anti-allergen for a week and see if it really is due to allergy.
After the week, I went back to him and he was surprised to see how much of an improvement there was. And to be fair, I was also feeling soo much better for the first time in 1.5 years.
He told me to continue with anti-allergen and some eye ointments and drops for a month. After a month, I couldn't feel any symptoms of blepharitis again. I went to the doctor and he told me that it's 90% gone.
He told me to stop anti-allergen and just keep using an opthalmic solution for the next 3 months (Olopatadin 0.2% opthalmic solution) to completely kill your bleph.
After like 2 months of staying fine, I recently started seeing symptoms of blepharitis again so I started anti-allergen again a week ago (after doctor's consent ofc).
All I am trying to say is that sometimes allergy can be a reason for blepharitis and a simple anti-allergy can get you out of it. Most people simply don't know that apparently.
So if you have blepharitis and you haven't been tested for allergies yet, make sure to ask your doctor about a good anti-allergen and see if using it makes your blepharitis better over a week (I saw dramatic improvements in just 3 days).
Hope this helps.
mirenv WilliamSnow
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do you know if the wet ones could work if the origin of the blepharitis its seborrheic??