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Symptoms of Blepharitis

Blepharitis can affect your sight and, during attacks, may prevent you from doing your normal daily tasks, such as driving or reading.

Symptoms include:

  • Inflamed, greasy and sore eyelids,
  • Thickened and swollen eyelids,
  • Sticky eyelids, especially in the morning when you wake up,
  • Tiny flakes, scales or crusts that look like dandruff develop at the base of the eyelashes,
  • A feeling that there is something in your eye,
  • Itchiness or a burning sensation,
  • Sensitivity to light (photophobia),
  • Blurred and decreased vision,
  • A decrease in the production of tears,
  • Dry eyes,
  • Frothy tears,
  • Eyelashes growing inwards, and
  • Occasional loss of eyelashes and scarring of the eyelids.