Barley – purulent inflammation sebaceous glands of the hair follicle at the root of the eyelashes on the edge of the eyelid, which is accompanied by unpleasant sensations and even more unpleasant discomfort associated with appearance. Stye on the eye - how to get rid of it?
Stye on the eye Many people are familiar with it firsthand; it appears due to infection with various staphylococci or streptococci, often due to decreased immunity and weakening of the body.
Usually, if the stye is not treated, it goes away on its own within 7-10 days, but since it is impossible to hide it with any cosmetics, few people will agree to sit and wait.
Stye on the eye: symptoms
Stage 1. The first signs of the appearance of stye are redness of the edge of the eyelid accompanied by a burning sensation.
Stage 2. The eyelid becomes inflamed, the skin on the eyelid becomes smooth, the eye waters
Stage 3. After 2-3 days, a swelling forms on the inflamed surface where pus accumulates. In such cases, it is prohibited to open the abscess on your own, as the infection can get into the eye, which will complicate the course of the disease. At this stage, it may open or resolve on its own. But if you don’t want to wait until it goes away on its own, you should consult a doctor.
In order to cure stye on the eye as quickly as possible and prevent its reappearance, you need to determine the reasons why it appeared in the first place:
Causes of stye on the eye
The appearance of stye on the eye, usually caused by an infection with Staphylococcus aureus, a fairly common bacterium that is usually present on our skin, but sometimes causes inflammation, for some reasons:
- First of all, it is a weakened immune system. Bacteria are everywhere around us, but if the body is healthy and strong, it copes with them remarkably well. This also happens, for example, with fungal infections. The fungal bacteria themselves can live for years, but we only get sick when our immunity weakens. Experienced doctors say that stye on the eye is one of the most sure signs weakening of the body.
- poor hygiene, dirty hands. This is the main reason why barley often appears in children.
- expired cosmetics. In modern cosmetics There are already a lot of questionable ingredients, but if they are still expired, the results from use can be very sad.
- hypothermia. Yes, the appearance of barley is often associated with this, only due to hypothermia the protective functions of the body are reduced, and barley appears as a consequence of a decrease in immunity.
- avitaminosis
- diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
- skin mite (demodex)
- blepharitis
- past infectious diseases
You can determine the cause of the appearance of barley in the same way as experienced doctors - by the method of exclusion.
Treatment of stye on the eye
What you need to know first:
- stye is not contagious
- you can't open a stye yourself
- It is extremely important not to rub your eyes even if it itches
- without treatment, stye may go away after some time
There are actually quite a lot of methods for treating stye on the eye, but it is more important to deal with the main reason for its appearance. If it is not eliminated, the risk of re-infection is very high. For example, if the body’s protective functions are reduced, then after stye, stomatitis, herpes, and seizures in the corners of the mouth may appear.
Read about the causes of seizures and methods of treatment in the article:
Drug treatment of barley
Those who are experiencing this disease for the first time are advised to consult a doctor, especially if you have the following symptoms:
- increase in body temperature even slightly
- reappearance of stye
- inflammation does not go away within 5-7 days
- the inflammation has increased and interferes with the normal opening of the eye and vision.
Doctors usually prescribe treatment in several stages:
- Treating barley with alcohol, at an early stage it is recommended to cauterize with an alcohol solution of brilliant green;
- Eyelid massage;
- Use of anti-inflammatory ointments, such as tetracycline. He may also prescribe antibacterial eye drops (chloramphenicol, for example);
- Drugs and diet to eliminate vitamin deficiencies and strengthening the immune system (vitamins, echinacea extract).
Sometimes, with more complex forms illness, surgery may be required.
Traditional recipes against stye on the eye
What to do if one morning, when you go to the mirror, you find an ugly stye on your eyelid, but you don’t have the time or desire to run to the doctor?
As always, our traditional medicine offers hundreds, if not thousands healthy recipes for relief and even quick treatment stye on the eye. You can be skeptical about these remedies, but in the past people were treated mainly with herbs, and most medications contain extracts of medicinal herbs.
After all, no one, not a single doctor will dispute the antibacterial properties of the same calendula, right?
We bring to your attention a review best recipes traditional medicine for the treatment of stye on the eye.
Considering that very often barley goes away on its own, it is quite possible to use folk remedies to ease the course of the disease and speed up recovery. At the same time, it is important not to forget about your immunity; it must always be maintained and strengthened.
- Calendula decoction – make a strong decoction of calendula. Strain and cool, then soak a cotton swab in it and treat the barley with it.
- Chamomile decoction and other herbal infusions – the procedure is the same as with calendula decoction
- Aloe vera juice or gel – aloe vera has antibacterial properties and, with an uncomplicated course of the disease, helps to quickly get rid of stye on the eye
- Plantain– an infusion is also made from plantain and cooled, then tampons soaked in it are applied to the eyelid.
- Dill seeds crush, pour boiling water and cook for several minutes. Then the broth is filtered and cooled.
Very important: despite the fact that many folk recipes This is advised, barley should not be treated with heat! Heat further promotes the spread of inflammation.
Prevention
The easiest thing, of course, is not to treat barley, but to prevent its appearance, especially if you have recently developed it. It's time to take action, namely take care of your immunity, review your daily hygiene routine.
What needs to be done to stop stye bothering you?
- Do not use expired or low-quality cosmetics. Always remember that eyes are the most expensive thing, and it’s better not to buy mascara at all in transition if you don’t have enough money for a good product;
- Do not use other people's cosmetics or towels;
- Try to touch your face with your hands and rub your eyes as little as possible. Because of this bad habit germs get on your face and eyes;
- Strengthen your immune system. If you feel that your body is weakened, diversify your diet by adding more fruits and vegetables to your diet. You can consult with an immunologist, take vitamin complexes;
- Spend more time in the fresh air, walk, and play sports.
Be sure to watch the video from the “Live Healthy” program, very useful and interesting information:
For many people, the appearance of stye on the eye comes as a surprise and for a long time spoiled mood, which causes a great desire to hide away from view and sit at home during this unpleasant moment. This trouble is not a reason to panic, since there are many ways to get rid of barley.
There are enough different folk beliefs(sometimes even stupid ones). It is necessary for someone to show a combination of three fingers in the direction of the stye, or to pierce the swollen area with a needle, and rub it with a gold item. But there are more effective folk methods.
SYMPTOMS OF BARLEY
First you need to find out what barley is, where it comes from and how to get rid of it for good.
It all starts with ordinary scratching in the eye area, and ends, most often when getting up in the morning, with an ugly, spoiled appearance. Barley is accompanied by redness, swelling and pain.
This is a purulent, painful inflammation of the eye that affects the hair follicle or sebaceous gland at the root of the eyelash. It is formed by pyogenic microbes or staphylococcus. First, redness appears in the corner of the eye, then it quickly and painfully turns into swelling. Infiltrate on second third the day purulently melts, the top of the swelling becomes yellowish color. The head of the stye breaks out on the third or fourth day. This process is accompanied by the release of pus. After this, the painful sensations subside, inflammatory processes decrease. Around the end of the week, the swelling disappears. It happens that the inflammatory infiltrate (this is an accumulation of cells mixed with lymph and blood) consists of several heads, fused or located nearby. Then this painful process is accompanied, in addition, by fever, headache, and inflammation of the lymph nodes.
REASONS FOR THE APPEARANCE OF BARLEY ON THE EYE
The main causes of this disease are poor hygiene and weak immunity, use of low-quality cosmetics. And if we return to one of the above methods of getting rid of barley - piercing it with a needle, then this is far from sterile and dangerous method, the consequences of which can be very dire. This entails infection and a 100% visit to the surgeon. That is, under no circumstances should you pierce a swollen pouch.
According to statistics, stye is most common in women because they touch their eyes more often when applying makeup. Children also often suffer from this disease. The reason is a simple lack of compliance with hygiene rules. Heredity is another cause of this disease.
TREATMENT OF BARLEY AT THE FIRST SIGNS OF APPEARANCE
If barley is detected, first of all it is necessary to treat the affected area with brilliant green, iodine or alcohol in order to stop the inflammatory process and further damage to the skin. Before the barley ripens, you always want to touch your eye, scratch it, touch it. You should always wash your hands after touching barley. It is strictly forbidden to apply makeup or use contact lenses. Under no circumstances should pus be squeezed out. This is no ordinary pimple. There is a high risk of infection, which can travel to the brain through the bloodstream. During the treatment period, dry heat is an important auxiliary factor, as a result of which it is worth abandoning water procedures(do not visit bathhouses, swimming pools) and avoid any drafts and wind.
TREATMENT WITH MEDICINES
From medical supplies Antibiotics help a lot. These are widely known erythromycin, tetracycline. The broad-spectrum antibiotic contained in these ointments limits the process of inflammation and destroys infectious agents in the conjunctival cavity. At night, tetracycline or erythromycin ointment is placed behind the edge of the lower eyelid. This is done as follows: squeeze out 3-4 mm of ointment from the tube, pull the lower eyelid down with your left hand, and right hand carefully place the ointment. The consistency of these ointments is very viscous, and they literally need to be scraped off on the edge of the eyelid. The ointment should be used immediately before bedtime. When it is distributed under the lower eyelid, objects will be viewed dimly
Of the modern antibiotics, Tobrex or Ceprolet are effective. Instill very carefully from a pipette three to four times throughout the day.
For severe inflammatory edema, solutions of dexamethasone and prednisone are used.
Warming up with high-frequency UHF currents helps a lot.
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TREATMENT WITH SIMPLE FOLK REMEDIES
The simplest and most widely known method is to take a hard-boiled chicken egg, wrap it in a handkerchief and apply it to the sore eye. There is one observation: if you start heating sore spot Before the abscess breaks through, the inflammation can intensify. It is better to start warming up after the barley has opened.
You can also make a mini heating pad from a bottle of hot water wrapped in fabric. Or apply heated salt, wrapped in the same way, to the eye.
In the first half of the day before lunch it is useful to take sunbathing fifteen to twenty minutes.
The following solution is used from folk remedies: brew one spoon of calendula flowers in a glass of boiling water, leave this decoction for 30 minutes. Apply lotions to the lower eyelid with this solution.
Aloe helps a lot. Its miraculous property of drawing out pus has long been known. Squeeze the juice from an aloe leaf and dilute it with ten parts of water. Apply this mixture to the lower eyelid several times a day.
Another option for treating barley is using. You need to cut a ring about one centimeter thick from the onion, heat it in a frying pan heated with oil until the oil sizzles. After this, apply the hot onion through gauze to the sore spot. Onion juice, oil and heat contribute to the rapid ripening of barley and its rapid breakthrough. As soon as the onion has cooled, heat it again in oil, and so on several times.
TREATMENT OF BARLEY ON THE EYE WITH HERBAL INFUSIONS
Various healing infusions have a good effect in the treatment of barley. This includes tea leaves and a decoction of calendula and chamomile flowers. This compress should be applied warm to the sore spot. Thanks to the warming and anti-inflammatory properties of such compresses, there will be a noticeable boost to treatment.
Brew 10 grams of calendula flowers in 200 grams of water. Wrap up for a while. Soak gauze or cotton pads and apply to the eyelid.
Steam a few leaves bay leaf in 50 grams of boiling water. Cool and drink until the inflammation goes away. Based on the principle of preparing a decoction of calendula, you can make the same decoction from bay leaves (one tablespoon per 200 grams of boiling water). This infusion can also be used to make lotions.
Another pretty one interesting method. Wash a few fresh lilac leaves well. Grind to a paste. Place this mixture on a whole lilac leaf and apply to the sore eye. It is advisable to make 5 such compresses per day. Usually by the end of the day the stye goes away.
To reduce pain and reduce inflammation, you can instill eyebright drops into your eyes. A mixture of chamomile inflorescences and eyebright herb in equal proportions also has a good healing effect. For 200 grams of boiling water, use 5 tablespoons of this mixture. Leave for 10 minutes. Also use as compresses.
Tansy will help cure barley and prevent its occurrence in the future. You just need to eat 7-8 fresh flowers of this plant up to five times a day. And so on for 5-6 days.
There are situations when barley does not open, but simply disappears. It's okay - this is normal.
For recurrent styes, a thorough examination of the body is necessary in order to identify diseases predisposing to this. To increase the body's resistance, restorative treatment is carried out with various drugs. These include antibiotics, vitamin therapy, and sometimes even a blood transfusion and autohemotherapy (this is the subcutaneous injection of the patient’s own blood taken from a vein) is necessary.
METHODS UNSUITABLE FOR TREATING BARLEY
In contrast to the above methods of treating barley, I would like to describe rather stupid, but common among people, methods of getting rid of this unpleasant phenomenon:
- The stye will go away if you spit in the patient's eye. Maybe on a psychological level, if you really believe in it, this method will work. In reality, saliva is a source of far from sterile environment, containing a huge variety of microbes. And no matter how a spit in the eye turns into conjunctivitis, blepharitis and other complications;
- wind on middle finger the hand opposite the sore eye, a thread and periodically pull it. This will cause skin irritation, affect certain points of the body and the stye will go away. A complete lie;
- For a quick recovery, drop a few drops of urine into the eye. There is some prehistory here. During the Vietnam War, in the absence medicines US Army soldiers were taught the so-called field method of preventing infection from wounds. It involved urinating on a fresh wound. It is unknown how effective this method was, but this method officially used in combat;
- The stye will heal faster if you squeeze it out right away. In no case! Those who have encountered this disease can confirm how itchy their hands are to squeeze out or puncture this abscess on their own. With immature barley and in unsterile conditions, such an “operation” can end in disaster. Result: abscess or phlegmon of the orbit (acute purulent inflammation).
PREVENTION OF BARLEY
To prevent the occurrence of barley, it is necessary to take vitamins A and C in food, which are primarily involved in tissue repair skin. You should try to eat foods that contain these vitamins. Most vitamin C is found in bell pepper, cranberries, black currants, citrus fruits. Vitamin A large quantities found in dried apricots, apricots, sea buckthorn, green vegetables, rose hips, fish liver, sorrel, and egg yolk.
With help special diet You can cleanse your entire body. To do this, you need to eat only raw foods for a week. These are fresh juices herbal teas, any fruits and vegetables, mineral water And dairy products. There are no restrictions on the amount of intake.
To avoid the occurrence of barley in the future, you need to take immunostimulating drugs and multivitamins. Try not to get too cold.
As with the prevention of other diseases, take care of personal hygiene: wash your hands, use only a personal towel, the dishes must be strictly individual, since at this moment the patient is a source of infection for his family and friends. It is very important to harden the body and douse it with cold water. There are also hardening preventive procedures for the eyes. To do this, you need to take cool water into a basin and drop iodine into it. Dip your face into the water and blink your eyes in the water, and so on for two weeks.
Pledge successful treatment barley - fresh air, personal hygiene, healthy eating, minimum amount of cigarettes and alcohol.
In ophthalmology, the most common disease is considered to be hordeolum, known to most of us as stye. On the eye, when the sebaceous gland located next to the eyelash bulb, or the hair follicle of the eyelash itself, becomes infected, acute purulent inflammation develops - barley. Less acute internal stye when inflammation affects the meibomian gland.
Causes of stye on the eye
Many of us, up to 80% of the population, are faced with this disease. Most people mistakenly believe that stye appears on the eye due to hypothermia. Bacterial infection- the main cause of the disease. Most often, the culprit for the appearance of stye on the eye is staphylococcus, less often - fungi or demodex mites.
How does infection get into the eye?
We ourselves help her with this, not following the rules of personal hygiene. Using a dirty towel, someone else's cosmetics, the habit of touching your eyes with unwashed hands, rarely washing applicators and brushes for applying makeup, poor hygiene when using contact lenses - all this leads to the development of stye. Factors that provoke the disease may be: reduced immunity, diabetes mellitus, disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, vitamin deficiency, blepharitis, worms, oily skin. A long stay in a dusty room, strong wind or general hypothermia can also be a trigger for the appearance of barley.
Why is hordeolum dangerous?
Rarely does anyone treat stye as a serious disease; it is mostly perceived as a simple cosmetic problem. More often than not, it really doesn’t pose much of a threat. Ripe barley, with a purulent head that has appeared, cannot be heated, much less squeezed out. You need to contact an ophthalmologist or be patient and wait until it opens on its own. It is the squeezing of barley that poses a particular danger. This can lead to the spread of infection through the blood vessels, which can lead to sepsis or meningitis. It is important that a stye is correctly diagnosed, as it can be confused with a chalazion, which can only be treated surgically, or with a cystic formation, tumor. Frequently appearing styes, and even several at once, can signal endocrine disorders, in particular - diabetes mellitus.
Symptoms of stye on the eye
Many have experienced it themselves and have a great idea of how barley appears. It develops very quickly and begins with itching of the edge of the eyelid. It turns red and swollen, and painful sensations. Pain is felt both with pressure and at rest. After two or three days, the pain subsides, and a purulent head appears. When it opens on its own, its contents flow out, and all symptoms subside. These events usually take a week to develop. If several styes appear on the eye at once, this process may be accompanied by: general malaise, temperature increase, headache, enlarged lymph nodes (submandibular and parotid).
Diagnosis of barley
Rarely does anyone consult a doctor about stye. However, you should consult an ophthalmologist to rule out complications. Firstly, the doctor will make the correct diagnosis, differentiating chalazion or another disease. Secondly, adequate treatment will help avoid complications. Improperly treated barley can cause relapses or degeneration of the process into a chronic one. You should also consult an ophthalmologist if barley appears frequently before your eyes: perhaps this indicates the development of diabetes mellitus.
Treatment of barley by sight
To treat stye, an antibiotic-based eye ointment is prescribed, which is placed behind the eyelids. Special eye drops are also used. Very good effect gives UHF therapy. It is prescribed when there is no increase in temperature. The development of the disease can be prevented at the very first stages by feeling the initial symptoms. This should be done using a semi-alcohol solution, iodine or brilliant green, which is used to carefully cauterize the inflamed area.
You can also make a semi-alcohol compress. To do this, a small piece of cotton wool is moistened with alcohol diluted in half with water, applied to the swollen area, and covered with a piece of dry cotton wool on top. This must be done with caution so as not to burn the skin of the eyelid. Another reliable method, long known to everyone, is a warm dry compress using boiled chicken egg: a warm egg, in a shell, applied to the eye. It can be used repeatedly by heating it in hot water. Some do it differently - cut a peeled hot egg in half, take out the yolk, and place the white on the eye.
The ripening of barley can be accelerated by using a compress with a hypertonic solution. How to make this solution? Very simple - in a glass warm water dissolve a teaspoon of salt. How to apply a compress? It is enough to moisten a piece of cotton wool in this solution and apply it to the eyelid. Cover the top with a piece of parchment and secure with a bandage. You need to keep this compress on your eye for 3-4 hours. It goes without saying that you can’t go outside after it, so it’s best to do this procedure in the evening, before going to bed.
Lotions with aloe juice are also quite effective. How to extract juice from aloe leaf? To do this, you need to wash it and put it in the refrigerator for two hours. Then squeeze out the juice and dilute with water (warm boiled), ratio 1:10. Exists in folk medicine and this way to fight barley: for two to three days, wipe the eyelid with a clove of raw, peeled garlic. Another option: wash your eyes with infusion of St. John's wort, chamomile, and strong tea.
If the temperature rises or the lymph nodes are swollen, you should contact an ophthalmologist, who will prescribe more powerful anti-inflammatory therapy, using sulfonamide drugs and antibiotics. The doctor may decide to open the abscess to avoid complications. This is done if the treatment does not give the expected effect, the external abscess is too large. After the autopsy procedure, the eyelid is cleaned daily and a course of antibiotic treatment is prescribed.
If the patient experiences a relapse, the doctor recommends ultraviolet irradiation, consultation with an immunologist, vitamin therapy, dry brewer's yeast, and various restorative measures.
You can significantly help your body fight frequent development barley. There is a lot in nature for this. medicines. You can steam calendula flowers or birch leaves at the rate of two tablespoons of raw material per glass of boiling water. Let it sit for half an hour and use for lotions and rinses, up to six times a day. Aloe juice perfectly stimulates the body. Drink a teaspoon twice a day. Fresh plantain juice or its infusion, used as rinses or lotions 5-6 times a day, has an excellent antimicrobial, wound-healing, and anti-inflammatory effect. Birch sap cleanses the blood very well if you drink it half a liter a day.
If treatment for barley is started in a timely manner, at the first symptoms, and carried out correctly, then everything will be resolved safely within a week, without complications or relapses. The most important thing is not to forget that the barley should open on its own, without your slightest participation. Otherwise, the result of your intervention may be serious for health, and even a risk to life. Women should avoid cosmetics during treatment.
Prevention of stye
What can be the prevention of barley? The answer is simple - to eliminate all the reasons that can provoke it. Very often, barley appears in front of children. Therefore, it is important that parents teach them to use only their own personal towel, not to touch their eyes with hands, even washed ones, and even their back side, which many mistakenly consider cleaner. A child who, from an early age, is accustomed to accepting the rules of personal hygiene as the norm, will be protected from many diseases throughout his life, including barley. As a girl grows up and begins to use cosmetics, she should know that she should not use someone else’s cosmetics - this can lead to infection of the skin and eyes. You also need to tell her about the need to regularly wash brushes, brushes, applicators, and that eye makeup must be carefully removed before bed. Cosmetics must be of high quality. If a person has vision problems and has chosen contact lenses as assistants, it is imperative to adhere to the rules for wearing and storing them. Regular intake of multivitamins, correct balanced diet will help prevent the appearance of stye on the eyes.
Consulting a good immunologist will help you get rid of frequent colds and prevent recurrence of barley. Maintaining normal functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, timely treatment its diseases is also one of the means of preventing barley.
Detecting and destroying worms, keeping sugar levels within acceptable limits for diabetes mellitus - all these measures inhibit the development of barley.
It is necessary to spend more time in the fresh air, especially for those people who work in dusty rooms. If a speck gets into the eye, it must be removed and the eye rinsed with albucid or a decoction of St. John's wort, chamomile, or at least strong tea - to avoid infection. Hypothermia, long stay should be avoided in strong winds.
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Stye on the eye causes severe discomfort. When this disease develops, inflammation of the eyelid hair follicle occurs; the lesion affects the sebaceous and sweat glands. Barley can be external or internal: the first is more common. The disease develops when staphylococcus enters the body.
- Pathology occurs in people whose bodies are weakened.
- Barley can appear against the background of diabetes or any autoimmune disease.
- An abscess on the eyelid worries those who have gastrointestinal pathologies.
- It is worth noting that people with immunodeficiency (AIDS, HIV) are more prone to infectious diseases (including barley).
- The disease can develop against the background of furunculosis.
- Barley occurs in people with diabetes.
- The cause of the abscess may be a pathology associated with dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract.
- Internal stye occurs against the background of systemic infections.
If the doctor discovers that a lump is forming near the internal commissure of the eyelids, he prescribes a differential diagnosis. It is necessary to distinguish barley from dacryocystitis. The diagnosis "" is made at maximum compaction.
Symptoms
- The abscess forms gradually. First, you can see a small dot on the edge of the eyelid. After 2 days it enlarges, turns red, and swells. If you touch the nascent abscess, you can feel a thickening. Pain occurs when pressure is applied.
- Styes are accompanied by swelling of the eyelids: It becomes difficult for a person to open and close his eyes. Pain with this pathology depends on the severity of edema.
- After 3 days, a purulent head can be seen in the lesion. After another 3 days it opens: pus comes out. The examination results show that the purulent exudate contains fragments of necrotic tissue.
When the pustule opens, the symptoms of the disease weaken: the person feels relief. The approximate duration of the illness is 7 days. After this time, swelling and hyperemia disappear. A scar forms at the site of the outbreak and heals within 20-30 days. Multiple styes cause greater discomfort when the ulcers merge into one. In this case, the temperature rises and a headache appears. Multiple styes can cause swelling of the submandibular lymph nodes. As this disease develops, your health worsens.
External styes form when an infection progresses in the body. There is a blockage of the eyelash follicles and glands located in the eyelids. Barley often occurs in the background. In this case, photophobia is observed; Some people feel as if a midge has entered their eye. The maturation of the pustule leads to suppuration of nearby tissues.
The external barley spontaneously opens: after a few days, pus separates. The pain syndrome weakens. Internal stye - . It can occur because the meibomian glands become infected. The disease manifests itself in the same way, but the swelling is accompanied by edema of the posterior region of the conjunctiva. If you examine the tarsal conjunctiva, you may find a yellowed area at the site of the affected gland.
Possible complications
Barley can cause complications. One of these is orbital phlegmon. Illiterate “squeezing” leads to the infection spreading throughout the body.
The cause of cavernous sinus thrombosis, meningitis and sepsis can be barley. You can’t squeeze a purulent pustule! Sudden, untimely rupture of barley leads to relapse.
Treatment
By medication
In the first days, the pimple is treated with alcohol; frequency - 2 times a day. An alternative to alcohol is brilliant green. It is possible to prevent stye by initial stages. To prevent the disease from progressing, you should use 30% sodium sulfacyl (with the permission of a doctor); frequency - 6 times a day. The dry heat method is used for treatment: the doctor may prescribe UHF therapy.
After opening the purulent focus, a compress is placed behind the eyelids. Stye may be accompanied elevated temperature, weakness: then you need to use antibiotics.
It happens that a mature abscess does not open on its own, then the doctor makes an incision. Let us remind you once again: if you squeeze out an abscess, the infection will penetrate under the eyeball. If internal stye is diagnosed, the doctor prescribes antibiotics (orally). In the future, it is necessary to cut and drain the affected area. If barley recurs, additional examination is necessary. General strengthening therapy restores immunity. Depending on the symptoms and nature of the disease, the doctor may prescribe dietary supplements. If you do not press on the abscess, the prognosis will be favorable. In complicated forms of the disease, blood glucose is controlled. Ointments can be used for treatment. Let's look at the most popular ones.
Folk remedies
Folk remedies used in the absence of allergies.
Prevention
- Timely treatment of viral diseases.
- Protecting the body from hypothermia.
- Purgation.
- Rejection of bad habits.
- Good food.
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conclusions
Barley is not required surgical treatment, but you need to make sure that pus does not get into your eyes. Folk remedies help in treating the disease, however, before using them, you need to consult a doctor. As for ointments, it is better to choose one and apply it according to the instructions.