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Ocular rosacea

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Link to WHO Definition

Ocular rosacea – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/647749158

Manifestations of ocular rosacea range from minor irritation, foreign body sensation, dryness, and blurry vision to severe ocular surface disruption and inflammatory keratitis. Patients frequently describe a gritty feeling, and they commonly experience blepharitis and conjunctivitis. Other ocular findings include lid margin and conjunctival telangiectases, eyelid thickening, eyelid crusts and scales, chalazia and hordeola, punctate epithelial erosions, corneal infiltrates, corneal ulcers, corneal scars, and vascularization. Sight-threatening disease is rare with rosacea; however, keratitis can result in sterile corneal ulceration and eventual perforation if not treated aggressively.