Reducing ocular Demodex using petroleum jelly may alleviate dry eye syndrome, blepharitis, facial dermatoses, ocular and respiratory allergies, and decrease associated prescribing: a hypothesis

Demodex eyelash mites are increasingly associated with eye and skin inflammation in humans, and cause demodectic mange in mammals. Informal accounts of symptom improvement and reduced need for anti-allergy medicines, when Demodex reproduction is prevented, indicate a further role linking Demodex to...

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Main Author: Diana E. Senior-Fletcher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Allergy
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/falgy.2025.1576102/full
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