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Relief from dry eyes and hordeola

In eye care, HOCl can provide effective relief from dry eyes and hordeola. It’s a treatment option for red, itchy eyelids associated with conditions such as blepharitis and meibomian gland dysfunction (MGD).

Lid hygiene products containing HOCl are an excellent addition to a patient’s daily wellness routine to decrease the microbial load on the lids and lashes.

Effective in Meibomian glands Dysfunction

For patients with MGD, HOCl is well paired with warm moist compress therapy to provide the dual effect of reducing the bacterial burden and promoting secretions.

We can also use HOCl as preoperative antisepsis, to clean instruments such as tonometry tips, and following a short course of a topical antibiotic-corticosteroid to keep the bacterial levels at bay.

HOCl is used to reduce the bacterial load

Studies show that blepharitis patients, for example, harbor a bacterial load more than 14 times greater than controls, and a HOCl solution may help reduce the number without strengthening harmful strains.

Researchers also discovered that HOCl decreased the bacterial load by more than 90% without significantly altering the diversity of the bacterial species.

HOCl to disinfect bacteria virus from contact lenses and cases

0.01% hypochlorous acid treatment completely eradicated all organisms from hybrid lenses after 1 minute except for Staphylococcus aureus (1 lens only), and HSV-1 (no effect on 4 lenses).

0.01% hypochlorous acid completely eradicated all test organisms from the lens cases after a 1-minute exposure.

Whats an alternative to the current options?

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