Blepharitis | EYE PRESS Blepharitis is one of the most common eye (eyelid) condition in the world: almost everyone suffers from it at some point in their life, and it has been understood to be the cause of repeated styesstyes and chalaziachalazia. Patients with Blepharitis usually complain of crusty, red, swollen, eyelids that burn, itch, and cause a foreign body sensation in the eyes when they blink (“like having sand in the eyes”). In severe (chronic) cases, overtime people even ….