Eyelid Diseases: Examination

A comprehensive clinical examination is the basis for selecting further diagnostic steps:

  • General physical examination – including blood pressure, pulse, body weight, height; furthermore:
    • Inspection (viewing).
      • Skin and mucous membranes
      • Eyes
  • If necessary, ophthalmological examination – examination of the eye with a slit lamp, determination of visual acuity and determination of refraction (examination of the refractive properties of the eye); stereoscopic findings of optic disc (area of the retina where the retinal nerve fibers gather and form the optic nerve after leaving the eyeball) and peripapillary nerve fiber layer.