What are the symptoms of ocular rosacea? I really have difficulties to understand this condition. I can even understand rosacea and now someone told me that I developed ocular rosacea. Please, can anyone explain me this?
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Ocular rosacea can affect both the eye surface and eyelid and symptoms include redness, dry eyes, foreign body sensations, sensitivity of the eye surface, burning sensations and eyelid symptoms such as styes, redness, crusting and loss of eyelashes. A panel of experts has agreed on a standard classification system for Rosacea and their classification system was published in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology: "Rosacea is a chronic cutaneous disorder, primarily of the central face.It is often characterized by remission and exacerbation and it encompasses various combinations of such cutaneous signs as flush, erythema, telangiectasias, edema, papules, pustules, ocular lesions, and rhinophyma. Primary features considered as necessary for diagnosis include flushing, erythema, papules, pustules, and telangiectasias. A variety of secondary features are listed that may be absent or present as a single finding or in any combination.
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