KeratoScoop (Rebecca's blog)

Children with dry eye type conditions may report less severe symptoms than adult patients.

BACKGROUND:
To compare the symptom scores of children with those of adults with the same degree of mild ocular surface signs.
METHODS:
This study included patients with at least one ocular surface symptom and sign. Data obtained from 45 subjects aged 8.79 ± 2.95 yr (Mean ± SD) (pediatric group) and 45 adults aged 52.87 ± 10.87 yr (adult group) who

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Pediatric ocular rosacea: 2 cases.

Purpose.
To report the clinical course of 2 pediatric ocular rosacea cases with a significant delay until diagnosis.

Methods.
We report 2 interventional case reports. Case 1 is a 10-year-old boy with 2 years of recurrent bilateral blepharitis, repetition chalazion, conjunctival hyperemia, and corneal ulcers, without response to topical antibiotics or topical and systemic steroids. Case 2 is a 9-year-old girl with keratoconjunctivitis

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