In this prospective pilot study we saw 42 consecutive giant papillary conjunctivitis (GPC) patients (80 eyes), all of whom were found to have some meibomian gland dysfunction blepharitis.

Meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD) is the major cause of evaporative dry eye disease (EDED) and dysfunction is widely thought to mechanistically involve ductal hyperkeratinization, plugging and ...

They contain two different types of glands (sebaceous & meibomian), which secrete oils that form part of the tear film. In blepharitis, dysfunction of these glands or bacterial colonization can ...