How to treat stye

When it comes to stye, do you all know it? Do you know what kind of disease it is? I believe many people probably don’t know what it is. In fact, stye is what we call stye. It is a very common inflammation and it has a great impact on us. If a stye occurs, you must seek treatment in time, know what caused it, and find a scientific treatment method, which is generally treated with drugs.

Stye is a very common eye disease, also commonly known as stye. Generally, the onset of this disease is very acute. It usually appears on one eye and will recur repeatedly. It usually heals on its own without treatment. Everyone still needs to understand how to treat stye.

Stye is an eyelid disease caused by staphylococcal infection, which causes local redness, swelling and nodules on the eyelid edge or inside the eyelid, followed by pus formation. It is also known as sty. This disease can occur on both the upper and lower eyelids, but is more common on the upper eyelid. Depending on the location, styes can be divided into internal and external styes. A sty that grows on the inside of the eyelid skin is called an internal sty, which will discharge pus on the conjunctiva surface after it breaks; an external sty that grows on the outside of the eyelid skin is called an external sty, which will discharge pus on the skin surface after it breaks.

Treatment of stye

1. For the treatment of sty, wiping the roots of the eyelashes with an alcohol cotton ball is very effective. The treatment for this type of stye is: when the disease begins - the eyelid becomes itchy, red, swollen or painful, immediately wipe the eyelashes with an alcohol cotton ball. Keep your eyes closed when wiping, and use an alcohol cotton ball (not too wet, squeeze out some alcohol if it is too wet) to gently rub back and forth at the root of the eyelashes a few times. Your eyes will feel hot after rubbing (do not open your eyes when hot, otherwise the alcohol will penetrate into your eyes and cause eye pain). Open your eyes after the heat is gone. Just rub 2 to 3 times to reduce the swelling.

2 Once a pus head appears in a stye, the treatment should be timely incision and drainage, and do not wait until it breaks on its own. This can reduce the patient's pain and shorten the course of treatment. When pus heads appear, do not squeeze them with your hands, because the eyelids are rich in blood vessels, the ocular veins are connected to the veins in the orbit, and to the cavernous sinuses in the skull, and the ophthalmic veins have no venous valves, so blood can flow back in all directions. Squeezing them can spread the inflammation and cause serious complications, such as orbital cellulitis, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and even sepsis, which can be life-threatening. Do not rub your eyes with dirty hands to avoid bringing bacteria into the eyes and causing infection.

Precautions

Hot compress can be applied before pus is formed to promote suppuration. Mild inflammation can also disappear completely after hot compress. Systemic and local use of antibiotics can also promote the disappearance of inflammation. Antibiotics can be taken orally, injected intramuscularly or intravenously, and they are very effective against pyogenic bacteria. This is an important aspect of caring for a stye.

Once a pus head appears, it should be cut open and drained in time, and do not wait until it breaks on its own. This can reduce the pain of the child and shorten the course of treatment. It is also the key point in the care of common styes.

When pus heads appear, do not squeeze them with your hands, because the eyelids are rich in blood vessels, the ocular veins are connected to the veins in the orbit, and to the cavernous sinuses in the skull, and the ophthalmic veins have no venous valves, so blood can flow back in all directions. Squeezing them can spread the inflammation and cause serious complications, such as orbital cellulitis, cavernous sinus thrombosis, and even sepsis, which can be life-threatening. This is a very important point in the care of stye.

Local eye drops can be used, usually eye drops are sufficient. Eye ointment can be applied after the child falls asleep, which is also a key point in the care of stye.

I hope everyone can learn more about how to treat sty. Stye will still have an impact on us. If a stye cannot disappear on its own, it must be treated in time, but remember not to poke it with your hands to avoid infection. Some severe styes may cause other complications.