Efficacy of daily eyelid washing with tea in the treatment of eyelid inflammation and dandruff

Blepharitis is the most common eye disease that can cause problems in the daily life of the patient and his family members. This study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of daily eyelid washing with tea in the treatment of inflammation and dandruff of the eyelid edge in patients referred to the ophthalmology clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital (RA) in Jiroft in 2020.

This study is a double-blind clinical trial that was conducted by non-probability sampling method on 90 patients referred to the ophthalmology clinic of Imam Khomeini Hospital (RA) in Jiroft. The people who entered the study were randomly divided into 3 homogeneous groups. The first group placed tea bags on their eyelids twice a day for 1 month for 1 to 5 minutes each time. The second group only used Argosol shampoo in the same way and the third group (control) used water for their treatment in the same way. All subjects went to the clinic for examination 1 and 3 weeks after the completion of the treatment and were clinically evaluated by ophthalmologist number 2 who did not know about the type of treatment of the patient. data were analyzed after coding and entering with statistical software SPSS version 26.

The average age of the patients was 40.9 ± 17.5 years. There was a statistically significant difference between the three treatment groups in terms of the average scores obtained in eyelid inflammation and dandruff in the third visit. The results showed that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of eyelid washing in the treatment of eye itch andthe Argosol shampoo treatment group based on gender.

The results of the study showed that daily eyelid washing with Argosol shampoo, tea, and water is effective in the treatment, and also the difference between the effectiveness of daily eyelid washing and tea with the effectiveness of daily eyelid washing. There was a significant relationship with Argosol shampoo and water in the treatment of eyelid edge dandruff in the second visit.