Anna Laura Giacomin
Camposampiero Civil Hospital
Italy
Title: Infective and inflammatory eyelid disorders: Conventional and unconventional therapies to maintain eye health and avoid lid surgery
Biography
Biography: Anna Laura Giacomin
Abstract
Infective and inflammatory eyelid disorders (blepharitis, chalazion, allergy, viral infections) have a frequent manifestation in pediatry. Usually they are treated with therapeutic local procedures to resolve itching and ocular reddish to reduce the risk of bacterial infection due to a minor control of the hygiene in this age. If the pathology has recurring aspects, or has an aesthetic expression, other examinations are performed to place the problem in a general health contest. In fact disorders of immune system are revealed in eyelid disorders, in particular in mucous membrane immune system (lung, intestine, liver). The environment, nutrition and of family life style, play an important rule in eyelid disorders. Prophylaxis, conventional and unconventional therapies (homeopathy) are proposed to prevent chronicity, avoid lid surgery and reduce the risk of sight problem due to corneal damage.
