Barley on the eye: treatment

What is a stye on the eye, knows firsthandmost people. And it is quite natural that if a person has a stye on the eye, treatment should begin as soon as possible. However, before talking about the treatment of this disease, you should understand the nature of the occurrence of stye. In principle, in almost all cases of the disease, the culprit of the occurrence of stye is such a pathogenic microorganism as Staphylococcus aureus. It gets into the sebaceous glands of the eyes, in most cases due to the fact that a sick person rubs his eyelids with his fingers, on which the causative agent of the disease is located. In a healthy person, stye does not develop in all cases, but as soon as the immune system weakens even a little - a person has a cold, or simply got his feet wet - the disease immediately makes itself known. In addition, the cause of the disease can be a special type of mites - demodex. They live in hair follicles, including the hair follicles of eyelashes. If the mite begins to actively multiply, stye can also develop. In order to exclude the presence of this cause of the disease, it is necessary to take several eyelashes, which will be examined in laboratory conditions using a microscope. The purpose of this study is to detect demodex mite larvae.

Symptoms of the disease

This disease is characterized by acutebeginning and no less acute course. The very first symptoms are always the same - the skin on the edge of the eyelid turns red, begins to itch and swell, becomes slightly painful. This condition can last for several days, after which a painful swollen area of the skin appears, with limited edges. After another day or two, a white-yellow infiltrate forms on the top of this elevation - the so-called head of the stye. In about five days, the stye will open spontaneously. All the contents of the abscess - necrotic tissue and pus - will come out. The sick person will very quickly feel a significant relief - the pain will rapidly decrease, the swelling and redness of the eyelid will also gradually decrease. About the seventh - tenth day, complete recovery will occur.

Treatment of barley

And despite the fact that barley is quite fastpasses without any outside interventions, few people like the prospect of walking around with a stye for 10 days. And this can really be avoided, significantly reducing the duration of the disease. To do this, you must not ignore the swelling, redness and soreness of the eyelid, but take the necessary measures as soon as possible. If you are at home, you can try to lubricate the affected area of the eyelid with an alcohol solution of brilliant green, about 6 - 7 times a day. If the sick person does not have the opportunity to be at home, you can simply use a solution of medical alcohol instead of brilliant green. As soon as an infiltrate is formed - a painful elevation with limited edges - it is necessary to begin either warming up with dry heat or UHF therapy. At home, for warming up, you can use either salt or cereal, preheated in a frying pan, placed in a cotton bag. In addition, you can use a hard-boiled dry egg - traditional medicine claims that this is one of the best remedies for treating stye. However, please note - treating a stye on the eye with moist heat - compresses and lotions - is strictly prohibited. This is explained by the fact that in this case there is a very high risk that the infection will penetrate the ducts of the adjacent glands. And, as a result, new foci of infection may develop. In addition, do not forget that as soon as the abscess begins to break through, warming up should be stopped immediately. In the same case, if the stye is accompanied by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the eye, which is of a bacterial nature, treatment at home becomes almost impossible. The sick person should seek help from a doctor - an ophthalmologist as soon as possible. The doctor will definitely take a bacterial culture from the affected eye. This culture is necessary so that the doctor can determine which antibiotics the infection is sensitive to, and therefore choose the correct and most effective treatment. In the same case, if for some reason it is not possible to do a bacterial culture, as a rule, in small towns, the doctor will prescribe broad-spectrum antibacterial drugs that act on many bacteria. In addition, the doctor will prescribe special eye drops, which he will also select individually in each specific case. It is better not to use any pharmacological drugs on your own. Firstly, you risk choosing the wrong drug, which will bring nothing but an extra burden to the body. And, secondly, as a result of improper use of an antibacterial drug, a fungal infection may develop on the mucous membrane of the eye. Getting rid of it will be much more difficult. In addition, there are several other cases in which contacting an ophthalmologist is mandatory:

Child's illness.If a child falls ill, parents should consult a pediatric ophthalmologist. Treatment of barley on the eye in children can only be carried out under the supervision of a doctor, otherwise various complications may develop. In addition, do not forget that it is often simply impossible to predict the reaction of a child's body to a particular pharmacological drug.
Several heads of barley.If the inflammatory infiltrate has several heads of barley, be sure to see an ophthalmologist. Otherwise, you may miss the onset of complications.
Deterioration of a person's general health.In the event that a sick person experiences a deterioration in health - enlarged lymph nodes, headache, increased body temperature. In such cases, it is also worth contacting a doctor who will prescribe not only barley treatment, but also general symptomatic treatment.

Often people, trying to speed up the maturationbarley, try to squeeze out the barley abscess yourself. However, remember that in this way you spread the infection, which results in a high risk of developing complications such as orbital phlegmon and meibomitis. In particularly severe cases, infectious agents can enter the bloodstream, which can result in sepsis, and if it gets to the membranes of the brain, it can lead to meningitis. If a person has barley very often, he should consult a doctor - an immunologist, or, if there is none, a therapist, who will help choose a general strengthening treatment. Improving the functioning of the immune system is guaranteed to reduce the frequency of barley. We recommend reading: