Blepharitis refers to the group of conditions characterised by inflammation of the eyelid margin.1 Blepharitis can be acute or chronic and can occur at all ages but the most commonly encountered variant is chronic adult disease.2 This will be described here. Follow links provided throughout this article for information about more acute causes (for example, pre-septal cellulitis, herpes simplex virus (HSV) or herpes zoster virus (HZV) infections, etc).3
This is a companion discussion topic for the original article at https://patient.info/doctor/blepharitis-pro