BLEPHARITIS (Inflammation of the eyelids)

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BLEPHARITIS (Inflammation of the eyelids)

Petroleum. Blepharitis marginalis. Loss of eyelashes.

Chrysophanicum Acid. Blepharitis, Keratitis, Photophobia, etc. Internally use 30 dilution. Externally four grains with one ounce vaseline ointment to be applied.

Morbillinum. When followed by measles or due to bad effecta thereof.

Graphites. Eruptions on lids which become red with margins covered with scales or crusts. Eye-lids red and swollen. Lids thickened. Tendency for the lids to crack and bleed.

Mercurius Cor. Especially when due to syphilis. The lids are thick, red, swollen and ulcerated. Sensitive to heat, cold ortouch. Worse open air or cold application. Aching and itching in the eye-balls.

Hepar Sulph.

In acute cases after the first stage has passed and the suppuration is about to set in or has already taken place. The lids are inflamed with throbbing pain which are sensitive to touch. Worse by cold and better by warmth.

Alumina.

Chronic granular lids ; thickening of mucus membranes ; falling of eye-lashes, parts becoming entirely denuded of hair.

Pulsatilla.

Blepharitis resulting from high living and fatty food. There may be acne of the face. Tendency to the formation of styes. Discharge from the eves profuse and bland.

Staphisagria.

Margins of the lids dry with hardened styes or tarsal tumors.

Calcarea Carb.

Blepharitis in unhealthy "pot-bellied" children of scrofulous diathesis who sweat much about the head The lids are red and swollen.

Calcarea lod.

In blepharitis with enlargement of the glands and especially of the tonsils.

RlusTox.

Swelling of the lids accompanied by profuse lachrymation.

Mezerium.

Eczema of the lids and head, characterized by thick hard crusts.

Conium.

Lids indurated, thick and heavy. Epithelioma (Cancer) of the lids and of nose and cheeks.