follicle mite

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follicle mite

n.
Any of various tiny mites of the genus Demodex that infest the hair follicles of mammals.
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fol′licle mite`


n.
any mite of the family Demodicidae, parasitic in hair follicles of various mammals, including humans.
[1920–25]
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Distributed by Positive Impact, DemEx is designed to control demodex blepharitis, ocular rosacea and seborrheic blepharitis, as well as meibomian gland conditions.
It protects against heartworms, fleas, hookworms, roundworms, and whipworms, as well the Demodex mite.
Centre manager Graeme Innes said: "Rebel arrived in our care suffering from a very bad case of demodex mange, a severe and very uncomfortable skin condition which can lead to other complications.
The classic teaching has been that Demodex carriage and its pathologic clinical expression, demodicosis, are rare in children.
Treatments considered in the second step include tea tree oil treatment for Demodex, preservative-free artificial tears (to avoid the toxic effects of preservatives), punctal plugs, moisture chamber devices and goggles to maintain moisture and temperature, overnight ointment application, removing blockages from the meibomian glands using a warming and expression device (such as Lipiflow), intense pulsed light therapy for MGD, and topical administration of drugs such as corticosteroids, antibiotics, secretagogues, non-glucocorticoid immunomodulators (cyclosporine and tacrolimus (24)), LFA-1 antagonist drugs (lifitegrast), and oral macrolide or tetracycline antibiotics.
"In certain parts of the country (mostly down south), infection with the contagious Demodex gatoi mite is a reasonably frequent cause for itching," says Dr.
Recently receiving a lot of attention from the podium are our OUST Demodex and HypoChlor solution as well as the aforementioned OCuSOFT Lid Scrub Family of products."
Higher levels of Demodex folliculorum and Staphylococcus epidermis also have been consistently found on the skin of rosacea patients, compared with healthy subjects, though it is unclear what role these pathogens play in the development of rosacea.