How to treat pinhole

Stye, also known as sty, should be very common in our daily life. Everyone should be aware of this disease. Many people should have had stye. Stye will have a great impact on us. Some people have stye and it will heal by itself after a few days, but some stye cannot heal by itself and need treatment. So how to treat stye? Let's take a look at its treatment method.

Stye is a purulent inflammation in the eyelid area, with symptoms including pain, redness and swelling. Small blisters as big as rice grains will appear on the eyelid area, which will be painful when touched. It must be treated as soon as possible. Let us learn how to treat stye.

This small lump is called a stye, which is an acute purulent inflammation of the eyelid glands. Traditional Chinese medicine calls it needle eye. Caused by Staphylococcus infection. People with refractive errors, diabetes, digestive disorders, weak constitution and bad hygiene habits are prone to this disease. There are internal and external styes. Those that occur in the eyelashes, hair follicles or surrounding sebaceous glands are called external styes; those that occur in the meibomian glands are called internal styes. This disease is common, more common in adolescents, has a good prognosis, and does not damage vision. However, recurrent or multiple episodes may affect the appearance or function of the eyelids in the future. [Clinical manifestations] Initially, there are discomforts such as itching, pain, and swelling of the eyelids, followed by pain. A few cases can disappear on their own, but most patients gradually get worse. Examination revealed that the skin in the affected area was red and swollen, and there were nodules ranging in size from mung beans to soybeans, and there was tenderness when touched. If the lesion occurs near the outer corner of the eye, the swelling and pain are more obvious, accompanied by edema of the nearby conjunctiva. Some patients experience symptoms such as chills, fever, and headache at the peak of inflammation. External hordeolum will rupture and discharge pus on the skin after 3 to 5 days, while internal hordeolum will rupture and discharge pus on the conjunctiva after 2 to 3 days, and the inflammation will subside immediately. Some styes neither disappear nor fester, and hard nodules remain for a long time.

Before an abscess forms, you can use a hot towel to apply heat to the eyelid. The temperature should not be too high. Generally, you can use the back of your hand to test the temperature. It is fine as long as it is not hot. Three times a day, 15 minutes each time. Or you can use steam directly to fumigate your eyes, which has the same effect and is more hygienic than using a towel. However, be sure to keep a proper distance to avoid burns.

Use antibacterial eye drops every day and take antibiotics orally at the same time. This is a two-pronged approach to control the development of infection and promote the disappearance of inflammation.

Do not squeeze the nodules with your hands, otherwise once they break, the pus will spread, causing eyelid cellulitis, or even sepsis or septic thrombosis, which may be life-threatening.

If an abscess is formed, it must be promptly incised and drained. The way to determine whether an abscess has formed is to see whether the nodule has a sense of fluctuation. The incision direction should be parallel to the eyelid margin for external hordeolum and vertical for internal hordeolum.

According to Chinese medicine, excessive consumption of spicy and greasy food, smoking and drinking, and poor bowel movements can cause heat and toxins to accumulate in the spleen and stomach, attack the eyelids, and cause local nodules or suppuration, i.e. styes. Therefore, in daily life, you should eat more light vegetables, quit smoking and drinking, keep your bowels open, and develop good living habits to avoid the induction of styes.

Everyone should know that stye is generally caused by bacterial infection. When a stye occurs, don't be anxious, don't touch it with your hands, and don't squeeze it with your hands. Once it is squeezed, the pus will spread. In severe cases, it will cause sepsis and sometimes even life-threatening. You must seek treatment in time.