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The Form and Function of Meibomian Glands
To subscribe to our optical e-newsletters and receive them via e-mail, click here. The Form and Function of Meibomian Glands A discussion of gland mechanisms, how they can go awry and what you can do to nurse them back to health. Meibomian glands are essential pieces of the homeostatic machinery that keep the ocular surface clean, healthy and well-lubricated.
Caring for the Eye’s Gatekeepers
To subscribe to our optical e-newsletters and receive them via e-mail, click here. A look at the etiology, signs and symptoms of blepharitis, as well as strategies for treatment. Tolstoy once wrote: “… he knew his soul, it was dear to him, and he guarded it as the eyelid guards the eye, and never let anyone enter his heart without the key of love.” If eyes are the windows to the soul, then perhaps it’s not too much of a stretch to say that the eyelids, as Tolstoy wrote, are its gatekeepers.
The Antimicrobial Evolution
Antimicrobials are an exemplary display of therapeutic evolution. The historical medicine cabinet of antimicrobials has been stocked with increasingly efficacious therapies that have been incredibly powerful and fast acting. However, time has not been a friend to this class of drugs. Co-evolving antibacterial resistance is the main enemy, and the current pipeline of antimicrobial therapies must adapt to respond to this omnipresent threat.
Diagnose that Disease: Blepharitis
Blepharitis is one of the most frequently observed conditions among eye care practitioners, yet remains largely misunderstood. The confusion stems from the fact that the ophthalmic community has yet to determine a standard treatment and universal classification system for the disease.
Know Your Adenovirus
Adenoviruses, one of the most common causes of conjunctivitis, are believed to cause 65% to 90% of cases of viral conjunctivitis and about 20% to 75% of all infectious conjunctivitis cases.1-3 This is a serious public health risk; typically, patients with confirmed cases are advised to remain home for anywhere from five days to two weeks.1 During the initial phase of the infection, when only a red eye may be present, eye care practitioners may actually aid the spread of the virus, infecting...
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