VIDEO: Clinician urges colleagues to check eyelids for collarettes
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NEW YORK — Clinicians should ask patients to look down when they are behind the slit lamp to be evaluated for collarettes, which indicate Demodex blepharitis, Selina R. McGee, OD, FAAO, said at Vision Expo East.
Patients commonly have this condition, McGee, founder and chief optometrist at BeSpoke Vision in Edmond, Oklahoma, said.
“That matters, because it bothers our patients,” she said, adding that Demodex blepharitis can lead to contact lens intolerance, itchy eyes, redness and dry eye disease.
McGee’s message to colleagues matches that of Tarsus Pharmaceuticals’ “Look at the Lids” educational campaign, which launched last fall to highlight the importance of screening patients for Demodex blepharitis.
Reference:
- Tarsus launches “Look at the Lids” campaign to encourage eye care professionals to identify and diagnose Demodex blepharitis. https://ir.tarsusrx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/tarsus-launches-look-lids-campaign-encourage-eye-care. Posted Sept. 29, 2022. Accessed March 17, 2023.
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