Bezditko P.A., Ivzhenko L.I.
Kharkiv National Medical University, Kharkiv, Ukraine

 Summary. Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most common endocrine diseases, can provoke variety of inflammatory diseases of the eyelids, including the dysfunction of the meibomian glands as the main cause of blepharitis.

Purpose. To increase the diagnostic effectiveness of meibomian glands pathology patients with diabetes type 2 by examining the nature of the violation of their functions in these patients.

Material and methods. Fifty six patients with different stages of diabetes mellitus were examined using the special lacrimal tests.

Results. It was revealed that there are the visible difference in rate of meibomian glands disfunction, which allowed to present special tests as diagnostic algorithm of meibomian gland dysfunction for early and right diagnose of these conditions in patients with diabetes type 2.

Conclusion. Proposed quantitative characteristics of suggested tests will help in clinical practice to increase the efficiency of the treatment of eye lids problem and to prevent serious complications in diabetes patients.

Keywords: meibomian gland dysfunction, meibomian gland, diabetes mellitus, diabetic retinopathy.

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