C55411: Lifting the lid on dry eye practice – part 4: case studies

The last article in this series (Optician 02.12.16) offered an overview of blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) and their management. After a brief revision of the main points made then, this article will describe atypical case where this knowledge is applied resulting in a successful outcome for the patient.

Table 1: Classification of MGD

As discussed previously, MGD can be further sub-classified (see table 1) into two major categories based on meibomian gland secretion as follows;

1 Low-delivery states – Low-delivery states can be further sub-classified as hyposecretory (decreased meibum delivery due to abnormalities in meibomian glands with remarkable obstruction) or obstructive (due to terminal duct obstruction).