What should I do if my eyelid is swollen?

Generally, if there is a sudden swelling on the eyelid, it is most likely a stye on the eye. Stye is a common eye disease, mostly caused by infection. Severe stye will not only affect people's normal life, but also affect vision. Although stye is not a serious disease, if you have a stye, you must detect and treat it early, pay attention to eye hygiene, pay more attention to rest, and avoid excessive fatigue.

What are the dangers of stye?

Stye is mainly caused by not paying attention to eye hygiene. Human eyelids can protect against external germs, but children often rub their eyes with dirty hands, bacteria can easily enter the eyes, causing 'stye'. Therefore, parents must pay attention to their children's hand hygiene. There are generally two types of styes, namely internal styes and external styes. External stye manifests as local redness and swelling of the eyelid, with small nodules that are painful to touch, but the symptoms will disappear quickly and be cured. Because the inflammation of internal hordeolum is in the firm tarsal plate tissue, the pain is more severe and the inflammation lasts longer. In severe cases, the entire eyelid becomes red and swollen, affecting the preauricular lymph nodes on the side that are swollen and tender, causing the harm of hordeolum.

When a child's eyelid skin becomes red and partially swollen, he or she may have a stye, which may also cause a fever. Many people will continue to develop styes due to their physical constitution, and repeated surgeries in a short period of time may cause eye infections. This situation often requires internal treatment with Chinese medicine. It is worth noting that many patients with red and swollen eyes use hot and wet compresses with towels on their own, and some people even squeeze them with their hands. These methods are incorrect. It may cause pus to spread into the blood circulation, causing orbital cellulitis, sepsis, etc. The harm caused by these styes is very serious.

In view of the dangers of styes, for the sake of children's health, if parents find that their babies have symptoms of styes, they must be careful not to let their children eat spicy and irritating foods, such as garlic, pepper, chili, etc. Eat less greasy and heavy dishes, eat more fresh vegetables and fruits, keep the bowels open; pay attention to eye hygiene, put an end to the bad habit of wiping eyes with dirty hands and dirty handkerchiefs, put an end to the harm of styes, and pay attention to rest, do not let children watch TV or play computer for a long time, do not spend too much time on homework, increase sleep, and avoid excessive fatigue.