Barley on the eye - unpleasant in terms of symptoms, and in an aesthetic sense of the disease.
This is the name she received for the fact that one or more pustules appear on the eyelid, which can be of different sizes, but usually the shape and magnitude resemble a barley seed.
They can occur at different places of the century, and can always consistently on the same, depends on the cause that caused the problem.
The disease is quite widespread, physicians found that it is encountered at least once in a lifetime of about 80 percent of the population.
Especially often the disease progresses in childhood and elderly organisms, when immunity weakens, and easily falls under the influence of any infections.
- 1. Classification of the disease
- 2. Causes of the occurrence of barley
- 3. Symptoms
- 4. Diagnosis of barley on the eye
- 5. Treatment of barley in the eyes
- 6. Prevention of disease
- 7. Forecasts
- 8. Video
Classificationdiseases
The disease can be of 2 types, which depend on the location of the site and the causes of inflammation:
| Type | Description |
| Internal | Occurs rather rarely and the cause of the infection is meibomiesgland |
| Outer | occurs more often than the internal. It appears due to inflammation of the hair bulb of the eyelash and the sebaceous gland located near it |
Often it happens that barley is a companion of other eye diseases.
Causes of barley
In people this disease is often considered cold, but this statement can not be called 100% true.
Overcooling or disease can play a role, as a factor contributing to its appearance and painful leakage, but the cause itself is not.
The reasons for the appearance of barley include:
- insufficient compliance with personal hygiene rules.
It is for this reason that pathogenic bacteria are introduced onto the conjunctival mucosa, which cause the inflammatory process in the future.
Most often this is Staphylococcus aureus. In women who use shadows and eyeliner, infection can get into the eyes during application of make-up.
- metabolic disorders, such as diabetes mellitus.
- weakening of immunity.
As you know, if immunity has become weak, then a person becomes much more vulnerable to various diseases. Operations, chronic health problems, unfavorable living conditions - all this affects the work of the immune system.
This in turn allows many diseases to develop. This state of affairs concerns barley. Disease bacteria are on the surface of the skin and mucous membranes constantly in small amounts and can begin active reproduction precisely during the weakening of the whole organism.
- demodectic mite.
In this case, the treatment will be quite difficult and time-consuming. The pest can be localized on the surface of the entire face.
He begins to clog the sebaceous glands and cause a lot of purulent inflammation, glands located on the eyelids are not an exception. However, such a cause is less common than others.
Symptoms
Symptoms of barley on the eye are extremely unpleasant. They may vary slightly depending on the severity of its course. By what manifestations is it easy to understand what exactly is this disease?
First, the reddening of the eyelid and its insignificant swelling in one place or on the entire eye becomes noticeable, then one more convex area appears, usually of red color, on which a yellowish-white head is visible - this is the focus with pus.
If you press, even lightly, painful sensations appear on the reddened part of the century.
Edema of the eyelids. Sometimes the tumor is so strong that it is not possible to blink normally and even close your eyes.
After the abscess breaks, the eye can get sore and the contents of the abscess will gradually flow out.
Almost always barley is accompanied by a fairly strong itch. It is undesirable to scratch your eyes.
Sometimes it happens that the patient's health worsens and temperature rises, swollen lymph nodes, headaches begin. This course of the disease is similar to a cold, which often appears later with barley together.
In some cases, strong tearing of the eye may be detected, somewhat similar to that of conjunctivitis. This happens more often if the barley is internal.
Diagnosis of barley on the eye
The doctor who deals with this disease is an ophthalmologist. Usually, in order to make a diagnosis, it is sufficient to conduct a visual examination of the patient.
It is also not difficult to determine what kind of barley is internal or external. After the examination, the medic can already prescribe a treatment, which usually does not take more than a few days.
However, if barley appear one after another, there are a large number of them, then a full medical examination is necessary with the delivery of all necessary tests.
First of all, swabs with mucous and blood are given up. And if there is a probability of infection with demodekoznym mite, it is taken to study the cilium. Also, additional diagnostics are necessary if suspicion of halyazion arose.
Treatment of barley in the eyes of
Earlier we examined whether the jaw is contagious in the eye. In most cases, treatment is not a long and complex process. In rare cases, when the causes are serious, the same mite - it can be long, but on average it does not take more than 1 week.
Trying to cope with it can be done with the help of medicines and traditional medicine methods, however, sometimes surgical intervention is necessary. How and how to treat barley on the eye?
Drugs
After the examination, the doctor may prescribe to drink a course of antibiotics. They usually cope well with this disease.
However, it is not recommended to drink them on their own, as most antibacterial drugs are harmful to the body if used improperly.
What exactly antibiotics to drink and what will be the course of treatment by them - just say only a specialist. This is not always some kind of pill, many of them are available in the form of drops.
Also with barley often apply ointments or gels, which are based on anti-inflammatory substances, which reduce the unpleasant symptoms. Sometimes you can use both tablets and topical medications.
Drugs may also be prescribed to improve immunity. They can be prescribed in combination with antibiotics or after they are taken to restore the body.
Surgical intervention
Sometimes there are situations that barley for several weeks does not break and pus accumulates, making the tumor and further infection more and more, then it is necessary to perform an uncomplicated operation to open the abscess by the doctor.
Further all is processed by antibacterial agents, certain preparations are appointed for restoration of an organism, and convalescence comes in some days.
Home methods and folk method
Treatment of barley at home. It is worth remembering that home treatment with folk remedies can significantly alleviate the symptoms, but not always able to kill the infection.
Widely used to treat barley on the eye compresses of tea and chemist's chamomile, herbal lotions, for example, from plantain. A plant such as aloe helps well, it uses fresh juice.
Use only clean and sterile materials for lotions. They should be imposed only on the very area of barley, and not on the entire eye in order to avoid the spread of infection on the surface of the cornea and conjunctiva.
In any case, if a couple of days the barley has not passed, self-medication should be stopped and consult a doctor.
Prevention of the disease
Prevention of barley is primarily associated with maintaining strong immunity and respecting personal hygiene.
Stress, hypothermia and all that most often provokes its development should be avoided, in time to treat chronic inflammatory diseases of the eye and its appendages.
You can not fully hedge against barley, but you can reduce the likelihood of its appearance, and in case of early detection of the first signs - in time to begin treatment and quickly get rid of it.
Forecasts
Barley very rarely gives serious complications and even in the absence of treatment it is most often safely opened after a few days.
You can call it not life-threatening, but do not ignore it when it appears: sometimes it leads to blepharitis or conjunctivitis, goes into chronic form or recovers again after autopsy.
Video
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