ocular rosacea celluvisc lubricants eye drops

It is essential for those who suffer from ocular rosacea to lubricate their eyes as often as is necessary in order to make their eyes comfortable and to soothe or calm the inflammation. When using over the counter lubricants, your best option is to use only preservative-free eye lubricants preferably the single use ones. Refresh Plus is a  very good choice and less thick than Celluvisc which is also good but thicker.

Using Tears For Ocular Rosacea Diagnosis

Preliminary data from a study funded by the National Rosacea Society have found that the tears of rosacea patients contain different proteins than the tears of people without rosacea. The results point to the potential for a screening test for ocular rosacea in the future.
The study was conducted by a team led by Dr. Mark J. Mannis, chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California - Davis.
Tears were collected from 17 rosacea patients and 22 normal controls. The researchers analyzed proteins called mucopolysaccharides in the tears of each group, and identified a distinct pattern in the type and quantity of certain proteins in the rosacea patients' tears that differed from those of the controls.


Publication of results: An HJ, Ninonuevo M, Aguilan J, Liu H, Lebrilla CB, Alvarenga LS, Mannis MJ.. Glycomics analyses of tear fluid for the diagnostic detection of ocular rosacea. Journal of Proteomic Research 2005 Nov-Dec;4(6):1981-7.

Use of Hot Compresses For Ocular Rosacea

Q: [On regular use of hot compresses] "... My eyes felt better after my routine, however I noticed that my vision would be very blurry for a few minutes and my eyes would get extremely bloodshot. ... I stopped the hot compresses 3 days ago but my eyes are bothering me much more now. ... I would like to know if it is better for my eyes to use the compresses or not."

A: "You are talking about relief of symptoms. The idea behind the warm compresses is dilating the glands that are blocked off. Anything you can do to dilate the glands and help the natural oil lubricate the eye better is going to decrease the eye symptoms. While it does dilate the blood vessels also, which can make the telangiectasia and erythema worse, the idea is to relieve the plugged glands, get those oils that are clogged up flowing again. It may feel worse in the short term, but it will be better overall once you get those glands flowing."

Ocular Rosacea And The Dry Eye Syndrome

The dry eye syndrome, which often accompanies ocular rosacea, can be treated with non-preserved artificial tears, as often as 4 times a day or more. Another ocular treatment is a home humidifier which may also add valuable moisture to the air. If these treatments for the symptoms of ocular rosacea are not sufficient, more drastic treatments may be needed. One such ocular treatment involves closure of the tear drainage ducts which is accomplished with silicone plugs, which are reversible, or punctal cautery (a burning of the tear duct openings), which is a relatively permanent ocular treatment.