Table 1.
Treatment Strategy | Therapies |
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First line therapy | Warm compresses, lid hygiene Artificial tear supplements Patient education Modification of environment Dietary modification |
Second line therapy | Tea tree oil therapy for Demodex Punctal plugs Moisture chamber devices Ointment overnight Intense pulsed light therapy Topical corticosteroids Topical Antibiotics Oral secretagogues Serum eye drops Therapeutic contact lens options Non-glucocorticoid immunomodulators (cyclosporine) LFA-1 antagonist drugs (lifitegrast) Oral tetracycline antibiotics Oral and topical hyaluronic acid Purinergic P2Y2 receptor agonist (diquafosol) Amniotic membrane grafts |
In office procedures | Intense pulsed light therapy Vectored thermal pulsation Meibomian gland probing BlephEx™ |