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Prevention

By Mayo Clinic staff

There's no known way to prevent ocular rosacea, but you can take steps to control your symptoms.

  • Continue your treatment plan. Even if it clears completely, ocular rosacea is likely to return. Keep taking the medications your doctor prescribes and cleanse your eyelids daily.
  • Avoid things that trigger rosacea, if possible. Find out what the triggers are, if any, that worsen your ocular rosacea and take steps to prevent or avoid them. Extreme temperatures, sun exposure, spicy foods, alcohol and stress all can trigger ocular rosacea.
Lifestyle and home remedies
References
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  2. Bron A. Ocular rosacea. http://www.uptodate.com/index. Accessed May 14, 2012.
  3. Riordan-Eva P, et al. Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology. 18th ed. New York, N.Y.: The McGraw-Hill Companies; 2011. http://www.accessmedicine.com/content.aspx?aID=55781421. Accessed May 14, 2012.
  4. Webster GF. Rosacea. Medical Clinics of North America. 2009;93:1183.
  5. Paralejo B, et al. Dermatologic and allergic conditions of the eyelid. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America. 2008;28:137.
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