Blepharitis is a general disease characterized by swelling and redness of the margins limiting the eyelids. The condition thus usually involves the eyelid’s area used by the eyelashes to grow out. In most cases both eyes are affected, but one eye can be more affected than the other and the symptoms seem to be worse in the morning.
Blepharitis happens generally when oil glands of small size, which are situated close to the bottom of the eyelashes, get congested. This results in redness and irritation of the eye. It is difficult to treat Blepharitis and it is often a chronic disease. Blepharitis can be unattractive and uncomfortable but it is not contagious and usually doesn't trigger permanent harm to the eyesight.
Patients experience a swelling of the lids, which may become stuck together, as well as the loss of eyelashes. Blepharitis can produce open wounds with yellow crust and multiple pustules. Patients often complain of feeling a foreign object in the eye, burning, and itching in the infected eye.
Antibiotic creams are often applied in the treatment of blepharitis. Blepharitis as it occurs in conjunction with skin disorders can also be treated with regular, basic eyelid hygiene, which involves massaging out the sebaceous glands and cleaning the ducts.
Several years of work in academia, medical practice and finally commercialization make it possible to provide an end-to-end process to help users to “find the appropriate medical help based on their present symptoms”. Below you will find a short explanation, showing you which part of the platform will help you best in finding the appropriate medical support.
Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
Note: Your information will be kept anonymously.
Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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