How to get rid of stye, try 4 tricks

The problem of stye mainly appears in the eye area and is often caused by bacterial toxin infection. If you want to effectively eliminate stye, you must pay attention to the correct use of medication. You can apply hot compress to the local area or use some anti-edema drugs.

1. Avoid squeezing

Regardless of whether it is an internal or external stye, if pressure is applied to squeeze out the pus, bacteria and toxins will easily flow back into the skull, causing serious complications such as orbital cellulitis and sponge embolism, which can be life-threatening in severe cases. Therefore, when you have a "sty", do not squeeze it.

2. Local moist heat compress

In the early stages of a stye or before an abscess forms, you can apply local hot and wet compresses three times a day for 20 minutes each time. Hot compress can speed up blood circulation in the eyes and reduce swelling and relieve pain. Apply 0.5% chloramphenicol ointment or other antibiotic ointment to the conjunctival sac. 2 to 3 times a day. Those with systemic symptoms can take antibiotics or sulfonamides, or intramuscularly inject penicillin.

3. 0.5% Caine can be dripped

When the external hordeolum is obviously softened locally but has not yet ruptured, anesthesia is not required and the pus can be drained by making an incision parallel to the eyelid margin. When there is an obvious pus head on the membrane surface of the internal hordeolum, 0.5% cane can be dripped three times, and after surface anesthesia, the tip of the knife can be used to make an incision perpendicular to the eyelid margin to drain the pus.

4. Do not eat stimulating food

During the treatment, pay attention to rest, do not eat irritating foods, drink water frequently and keep bowel movements smooth. If the stye does not subside for a long time and leaves a nodule, after the acute inflammation subsides, an incision can be made on the eyelid junction surface to scrape out the contents, and the residual capsule and granuloma can be cut off.