A.D. CHUPROV, E.K. MALGINA

Orenburg branch of the S. Fyodorov Eye Microsurgery Federal State Institution, Salmyshskaya Str., 17, Orenburg, Russian Federation, 460047

 Contact:

Chuprov A.D. ― D. Med. Sc., Professor, Director, tel. (3532) 36-44-59, e-mail: [email protected]

Mal’gina E.K. ― ophthalmologist, tel. (3532) 65-02-46, e-mail: [email protected]

 The problem of ophthalmodemodecosis is relevant not only in Russia, but also abroad due to its high prevalence around the world. In most cases, a mite is found in the elderly people, less often in children. The main diagnostic test for detecting a mite of the demodex genus is a microscopic analysis of eyelashes with further counting of individual mites. Foreign methods for ophthalmodemodecosis treatment include drugs based on metronidazole, permethrin, tea tree oil, pilocarpine, ivermectin, combination of metronidazole with children’s shampoo, etc. However, the complex treatment of blepharitis of demodectic etiology is ineffective due to the high toxicity of specific acaricide drugs and the duration of therapy (45 days or more), so this problem requires further study.

Key words: demodex, blepharitis, ophthalmodemodecosis, demodex folliculorum.

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